2008-2009 Course Structure for Financial Mathematics
2008-2009 Course Structure for Statistical Modelling/Statistics
All first and second year AMS modules will
be assessed by continuous assessment
and/or an examination in the assessment block that follows
the teaching block.
In the third year there are two exams in December:
In the fourth year all AMS modules, with the exception of
Statistics for Social Science, are examined in
May.
The 2-hour exam for Statistics for Social Science is in December.
The only modules that are `linked' in the fourth year
are Pensions and Life Office Practice
(i.e. you must take
both or take neither one). Pensions and Life Office
Practice is assessed
by a 3-hour exam (80%) and 2 small
projects (20%).
All other AMS fourth year modules
are assessed
by a 2-hour exam and, in some cases, assignments/computerwork.
Modules offered by either Maths or the School of Management and
Languages
will have different assessment arrangements.
Students who expect to graduate in 2009: In order to
complete the CT8 syllabus,
you must take
Continuous-Time Finance AND Derivative Markets and Discrete-time
Finance
in your fourth year. The stochastic processes required for these
two modules will be taught within
these modules, so do not need
to take any other stochastic processes modules.
Students who expect to graduate in 2010: In
order to complete the CT2 syllabus,
you must take
a School of Management and Languages accounting module
in the first semester of your fourth year.
Students who expect to graduate in 2011: This year
you must take International Economics
in the Summer term
in
order to complete the CT7 syllabus.
Next year you
must take Finance and Financial Reporting in the second semester
in order to cover the CT2 syllabus.
There is no revision week after the first semester. The exams will be timetabled throughout the 2 week assessment period. Some revision activities will occur during the final week of the teaching block.