This course is compulsory on the BSc in Finance. This course is available on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Management and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Finance. This course is available on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Management and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of weekly lectures and classes in the Michaelmas and Summer terms. Each teaching session contains a variety of technical content and practical exercises. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered by a combination of online recorded (asynchronous) lectures and virtual interactive (synchronous) classes as an alternative to face-to-face teaching.
Written answers to numerical problems and discussion questions will be expected weekly; two pieces of work per term will be submitted for marking and feedback.
Detailed reading lists will be made available at the beginning of the course. Illustrative texts include Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney Financial Accounting for Decision Makers, 9th edn, Pearson, 2019.
Exam (100%, duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, reading time: 15 minutes) in the summer exam period. The exam duration is 1 hour and 45 minutes. The first 15 minutes will be reading time.