BSc Mathematics and Financial Economics
Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Mathematics) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Essential subject: Mathematics at Higher Level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (Essential subject: Mathematics at Higher).
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Economics. Core topics include mathematical modelling, statistics, data analysis, programming, and research methods. The programme covers both pure and applied mathematics, with a work placement module available. Later-year modules include financial derivatives and constrained optimisation.
Modules
- Global Economic Perspectives
- Making of the Modern Economy
- Core Mathematics I
- Fundamental Algebra and Calculus
- Core Mathematics II
- Logic and Proof
- Statistics and Probability
- Personal Development Planning
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics and Applied Policy
- Core Mathematics III
- Core Mathematics IV
- Statistics and Data Analysis
- Introduction to Programming
- Personal Development Planning
- Business Microeconomics
- Business Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Differential Equations
- Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods
- Optimisation in Finance and Industry
- Mathematics Work Placement
- Microeconomic Policy
- Options, Futures, and Valuations
- Asset Pricing
- Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market
- Mathematics Project (Joint Honours)
- Mathematical Statistics
- Fluids and Magnetohydrodynamics
- Differential Equations and their Approximation