Core modules
Quantitative Methods for Finance
Gain an in-depth understanding of basic probability and distribution theory, statistical estimation and inference, and econometric models with applications to finance.
Asset Pricing
Explore the fundamental relationships between investors’ decision-making in the presence of uncertainty (“risk”) and the cross-sectional and inter-temporal properties of prices and returns of financial assets.
Corporate Finance
The goal of this module is to equip you with the skills to apply state of the art ideas of modern Corporate Finance theory as well as the quantitative tools to solving the types of problems faced by CFOs and other business executives.
Investment Management
This module is closely linked with the parallel core module “Asset Pricing”. While the latter develops the theoretical framework to understand and analyse the trade-off between risk and return, this module focuses on the operationalization of this framework.
Empirical Finance
Gain an understanding of the theory and practice of financial econometrics and the tools for the empirical analysis of financial time series and their application.
Ethics, Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance
This module has been designed to give you a deep and comprehensive understanding of ethics in everyday life, in business life, and in the working life of a financial professional.
Research Methodology
The module aims to equip you with cutting-edge research methods alongside other programming skills and access to relevant data sources. You will be provided with training in programming and data handling from the very beginning of the course, to ensure that you have the required skills when needed for workshops and assignments in the core modules.
Dissertation
A 6,000 word dissertation gives you the opportunity to develop, test, practise, and apply the techniques and theories you have gained through your studies.
Optional modules
Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:
Behavioural Finance
Study financial markets using models that are less narrow than those based on Von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility theory and arbitrage assumptions.
Derivative Securities
Develop an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of different classes of derivative securities.
Financial Reporting & Financial Statement Analysis
Learn to interpret financial statements in context and apply appropriate models and techniques for company valuation and related business issues.
Judgement & Decision Making
Explore the psychology of human judgement and decision making and gain the foundation for understanding the decision-making processes involved in financial markets.
Financial Risk Management
Gain an understanding of the need for financial risk management, the techniques to measure financial risks according to the regulatory framework, and the tools for the management of risk exposure.
Fixed Income & Credit Risk
Get to grips with the tools for the assessment and management of fixed income and credit risk.
International Financial Management
Extend your knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts of international finance, with emphasis on the operation of the spot and forward foreign exchange markets.
Alternative Investments
Explore today’s complex investment management environment and gain the insights needed to make well-informed decisions.
Big Data Analytics
This module will cover a wide range of cutting edge research in Big Data Analytics, with a particular focus on the extensive value of data from the Internet, much of which is freely available if you have the skills to mine it.
Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Control
Explore the basic issues in mergers and acquisitions from a corporate finance point of view.
Practice of Investment Management
Gain realistic experience of the responsibilities involved in managing money for clients and an introduction to practical investment management techniques.
Banks and Financial Institutions
Explore the theory and practice of banking in the 21st Century, specifically the facilitation role of banks as intermediaries between borrowers and lenders, and as providers of liquidity.
Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.
