Compulsory modules

Advanced Management Accounting

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Financial Reporting: Theory and Practice

The aims of this module are:

  • To build on the knowledge gained in earlier studies of financial accounting and reporting.
  • To explore relationships between theory and practice in financial reporting.
  • To broaden and deepen students' knowledge and understanding in respect of published financial reports.
  • To develop an understanding of the nature and process of financial reporting regulation.
  • To further encourage an openness to new ideas and awareness that in many situations there is a range of alternatives which should be evaluated.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

Audit and Assurance

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Optional modules

Algebra

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Analysis II

The aims of this module are:

  • To give a rigorous introduction to the analytical theory underpinning calculus for functions of one real variable.
  • To develop the basic ideas of real analysis in several variables.

Applied Statistics

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce fundamental statistical concepts.
  • To introduce statistical methods and associated theory for design and analysis of studies and experiments.
  • To develop statistical software skills.
  • To reinforce skills regarding the interpretation of statistical analyses.

Asymptotic Methods

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce the concept of small and large parameters in equations and how they can be exploited to simplify difficult mathematical problems.
  • To introduce a wide range of approximation techniques to analyse differential equations and integrals.

Introduction to Dynamical Systems

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the notions and methods of the theory of dynamical systems with an emphasis on its applications.

Graph Theory

The aims of this module are to introduce students to modern concepts and methods of combinatorics and graph theory.

Introduction to Differential Geometry

The aim of this module is to introduce the basic ideas and methods of the classical differential geometry of curves and surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

Operational Research

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce students to the nature of operational research and its techniques.
  • To study linear programming, its applications and associated algorithms.

Stochastic Methods in Finance

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide students with a rigorous mathematical introduction to the modern financial theory of security markets in discrete and continuous time models.
  • To give students a solid theoretical background in the derivatives industry in discrete and continuous time models.

Business Systems

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop an appreciation of the use of Management Information Systems in business contexts, particularly in management planning, decision-making and control.
  • To develop a critical perspective on Information Systems within contemporary organisations and society.
  • To build on previous modules which introduced management aspects of Information Systems and on students' experience of working with such systems during the Industrial & Professional Studies year.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The aims of this module are:

  • To present a range of issues on managing entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • To present and discuss these issues for both large multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
  • To present a range of frameworks and tools in support of managing entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

Financial Risk Management

The aim of this module is for students to extend their knowledge of derivatives to pricing models and to credit derivatives. It covers the application of derivatives to risk management in domestic and international markets and looks at the risks of using derivatives.

Analytical Dynamics

The aims of this module are to introduce the students to the basic notions and methods of classical analytical dynamics.

Complex Analysis

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the classical results in the theory of analytic functions of a complex variable.

Computational Methods in Finance

This module aims to:

  • Introduce numerical methods and associated theory for modelling of financial options.
  • Teach students how to implement such numerical methods on computers.
  • Gain experience in interpreting numerical results.

Elements of Topology

The aim of this module is to give a grounding in the central ideas of topology, sufficient for the main applications in geometry, analysis and mathematical physics.

Game Theory

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce rigorous mathematical tools which are useful in economics analysis.
  • To give students a solid mathematical background in game theoretic models.

Linear Differential Equations

The aims of this module are:

  • Gain familiarity with linear ODEs with non-constant coefficients.
  • To introduce linear PDEs with constant and non-constant coefficients.

Mathematical Biology

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce some mathematical models of biological systems and various techniques for analysing them.
  • To enable students to appreciate how mathematics can be used to model biological systems.

Medical Statistics

The aims of this module are to reinforce students' skills in interpreting statistical tests and using statistical software, and to introduce the methods and theory for the design and analysis of medical trials.

Statistical Modelling

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce fundamental statistical modelling concepts.
  • To introduce associated theories for statistical inference.
  • To develop statistical software skills.
  • To reinforce skills regarding the interpretation of statistical analyses.

Studies in Science and Mathematics Education

The aims of the module are:

  • To develop a range of skills within students and provide an early introduction to teaching for those interested in pursuing it, or a related field, as a career.
  • To develop confidence and competence in communicating their subject.
  • To provide opportunities to devise and develop science and mathematics projects and teaching methods appropriate to the age and ability of those the student is working with.

Vibrations and Waves

The aim of this module is to investigate physical phenomena that involve vibrations and waves using appropriate mathematical tools.

Behavioural Finance

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide an understanding of mathematical models of behavioural foundations of financial decisions.
  • Develop skills that will enable students to critically analyse financial decisions in greater depth.
  • Deepen and broaden students' conceptual understanding of how financial markets 'actually work' and how people 'actually make decisions' using real-life cases and experimental results.

Company Law

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce the fundamental principles of company law.
  • To develop an understanding of the significance of the company within the context of commercial activity.

Corporate Finance

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide a more advanced treatment of core issues in corporate finance; in particular, the role of uncertainty and information flows in determining asset prices.
  • To provide a more detailed understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

Multinational Financial Management

The aims of this module are to:

  • Build on the pre-requisite modules.
  • Develop an understanding of the practice of financial management in companies operating in the international environment.
  • Develop an understanding of balance of payment dynamics, international capital flows and nature of currency attacks.
  • Develop critical reasoning skills in the context of international financial risk management.

This course explores managing international business and global competition with an understanding of international financial instruments, markets and institutions.

University-wide Language Programme

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.