MSc in Statistics (Financial Statistics) (Research)
Programme Code: TMSTFSRE
Department: Statistics
For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Academic-year programme. Students take three compulsory courses (two units), a dissertation, and optional courses to the value of one unit.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) # | |
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ST499 Dissertation (1.0) | |
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Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # | |
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ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
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ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5) | |
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ST433 Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # | |
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ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
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ST449 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) | |
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ST457 Graph Data Analytics and Representation Learning (0.5) # | |
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FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) # | |
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MA415 The Mathematics of the Black and Scholes Theory (0.5) # | |
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MA416 The Foundations of Interest Rate and Credit Risk Theory (0.5) # | |
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MA420 Quantifying Risk and Modelling Alternative Markets (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
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MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) # | |
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MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5) | |
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Or other non-ST course(s), with permission |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
The total value of all non-ST courses should not exceed one unit.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the . Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the .