BSc Financial Mathematics with a Year of Study Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (B in Maths)
About this course
BSc in Mathematics, with modules spanning pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and finance. Core topics include Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Data Analysis, Entrepreneurship, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The four-year programme includes a study-abroad year at a partner university during the third year, before returning to Cardiff for the final year.
Modules
- Computing for Mathematics
- Foundations of Mathematics I
- Foundations of Mathematics II
- Linear and Differential Equations
- Probability and Statistics
- Foundations of Finance and Modern Financial Markets
- Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Simulation
- Operational Research
- Modern Mathematical Computing
- Further Finance: Pricing and Risk Modelling
- Abstract Algebra
- Mechanics
- Entrepreneurship
- Study Abroad
- Behavioural Finance
- Market Microstructure, Trading Theory and Applications
- Introduction to Functional and Fourier Analysis
- Algebraic Topology
- Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
- Introduction to Number Theory 2
- Algebra II: Rings
- Algebra III: Fields
- Measure Theory
- Complex Analysis and Functional Series
- Knot Theory
- Theori Clymau
- Methods of Applied Mathematics
- Fluid Dynamics
- Solid Mechanics
- Project Module (Full Year)
- Project Module (Half)
- Project Module (Half) Spring Semester
- Stochastic Processes for Finance and Insurance
- Statistical Modelling
- Time Series
- Big Data Technologies
- Algorithms and Heuristics
- Optimisation
- Game Theory
- Algorithmau a Dulliau Hewristig / Algorithms and Heuristics
- Mathematics of AI and Deep Learning
- Developing Mathematics Teachers for Future Generations
- Prosiect
- Modiwl Prosiect (Hanner) Semester yr Hydref
- Modiwl Prosiect (Hanner) Semester y Gwanwyn