This module covers topics in mathematics that are required in finance modules at Master's level at Essex Business School. It focuses on basic algebra, compounding and discounting, calculus including optimization and dynamics. Little or no previous knowledge will be assumed. However the lectures will proceed at a quick pace, so you are expected to read the lectures notes in advance of the lectures.
This module is compulsory for finance degree students on the MSc Banking, MSc Banking and Finance, MSc Finance, MSc Finance and Investment, MSc Financial Engineering and Risk Management and MSc International Finance programmes and for the MSc Accounting and Finance and MSc Finance and Management programmes.
Module Aims
* To revise or teach basic mathematical skills
* To provide students with a basis of the mathematical techniques required in finance modules at Master's level at EBS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
* Solve basic algebraic problems
* Calculate present and future values
* Handle nonlinear functions
* Differentiate functions to find marginal values
* Identify the minimum and maximum points of functions
* Understand the basics of optimisation under uncertainty
* Understand differentiation and integration
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
The mathematical techniques taught during the module will be useful not only during your Master's programme and future academic activities, but also in your professional life.
* Some of the methods taught will be directly applicable in professional financial roles
* More generally the mathematical skills you obtain in the course will help with problem solving tasks in professional life
This module is compulsory for finance degree students on the MSc Banking, MSc Banking and Finance, MSc Finance, MSc Finance and Investment, MSc Financial Engineering and Risk Management and MSc International Finance programmes and for the MSc Accounting and Finance and MSc Finance and Management programmes.
Module Aims
* To revise or teach basic mathematical skills
* To provide students with a basis of the mathematical techniques required in finance modules at Master's level at EBS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
* Solve basic algebraic problems
* Calculate present and future values
* Handle nonlinear functions
* Differentiate functions to find marginal values
* Identify the minimum and maximum points of functions
* Understand the basics of optimisation under uncertainty
* Understand differentiation and integration
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
The mathematical techniques taught during the module will be useful not only during your Master's programme and future academic activities, but also in your professional life.
* Some of the methods taught will be directly applicable in professional financial roles
* More generally the mathematical skills you obtain in the course will help with problem solving tasks in professional life
- Module Supervisor: Ekaterini Panopoulou
Category: Finance