BSc Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: ABC, including A level Mathematics, Further Mathematics or Pure Mathematics at grade A. If you are studying an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) in addition to your A levels and achieve a B in the EPQ we will accept ACC at A level with an A in Mathematics, Further Mathematics or Pure Mathematics. IB: 30 points overall including 6 in Maths at higher level.
About this course
BSc Mathematics with Accounting and Finance, combining mathematics with finance and investment banking. Core topics include programming, statistics, financial analysis, data analysis, mathematical modelling, and research methods. Mathematics comprises approximately two-thirds of the course, with finance and investment banking making up the remaining third. The 4-year programme includes a placement year with preparatory modules, and a portfolio of projects in the final year.
Modules
- Calculus
- Foundations of Mathematics
- Linear Algebra
- Probability and Statistics
- Introductory Finance / Trading Simulation I
- Introductory Securities and Markets
- Financial Modelling
- Mathematical Modelling and Professional Skills
- Differential Equations
- Numerical Analysis I
- Real Analysis I
- Trends in Finance
- Sustainable Finance
- FX and International Debt Markets
- Preparing for Professional Placements Part 2
- Derivative Securities
- Portfolio of Projects
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Advanced Derivative Securities Hedging and Trading
- Fintech and Cryptocurrencies
- Asymptotic Methods
- Applied Stochastic Processes
- Numerical Analysis II
- Summer Placement
- Linear Models and Data Analysis
- Methods of Machine Learning
- Number Theory and Cryptography
- Advanced Statistical Modelling
- Dynamical Systems and Applications
- Topics in Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Mathematical Physics