1. Core Courses (31 credit units) |
Select One from the following courses: |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| MA1200 | Calculus and Basic Linear Algebra I | 3 | | MA1300 | Enhanced Calculus and Linear Algebra I | 3 |
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Select One from the following courses: |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| MA1201 | Calculus and Basic Linear Algebra II | 3 | | MA1301 | Enhanced Calculus and Linear Algebra II | 3 |
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Take ALL the below courses: |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| MA2506 | Probability and Statistics | 4 | | CS1102 | Introduction to Computer Studies | 3 | | CS2311 | Computer Programming | 3 | | CS3402 | Database Systems | 3 | | EF3320 | Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | | EF4313 | Corporate Finance | 3 | | EF4321 | Derivatives and Risk Management | 3 | | MS3252 | Regression Analysis | 3 |
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a) No stream (42 credit units) |
i) Required courses (36 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| MA2001 | Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra | 3 | | MA3001 | Differential Equations | 3 | | EF3520 | Stochastic Calculus for Finance | 3 | | EF4820 | Derivatives Pricing I: Stock and FX | 3 | | EF4821 | Derivatives Pricing II: Interest Rate and Credit Risk | 3 | | CB4001 | Honor Thesis | 3 | | IS3101 | Cryptocurrency and Blockchain | 3 | | IS3240 | Advanced Business Programming in Python | 3 | | IS3501 | Cybersecurity for Business | 3 | | IS4837 | Regulatory Compliance for Financial Services Technologies | 3 | | IS4335 | Data Visualization | 3 | | IS4861 | Machine Learning for Business | 3 |
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ii) Elective Courses (6 credit units)
Students are required to take any TWO elective courses from the stream core and stream electives of Computational Finance Stream and/or the Financial Technology Stream not listed in the above table. |
b) Computational Finance (ComFin) Stream (42 credit units) |
i) Stream Core (36 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| MA2001 | Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra | 3 | | MA3001 | Differential Equations | 3 | | CB2402 | Macroeconomics | 3 | | EF3520 | Stochastic Calculus for Finance | 3 | | EF4820 | Derivatives Pricing I: Stock and FX | 3 | | EF4821 | Derivatives Pricing II: Interest Rate and Credit Risk | 3 | | EF4822 | Financial Econometrics | 3 | | EF4328 | Asset Management | 3 | | MS2602 | Statistical Inference | 3 | | MS3111 | Quantitative Business Analysis with Visual Basic for Applications | 3 | | MS3601 | Optimization Methods | 3 | | CB4001 | Honor Thesis | 3 |
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ii) Stream Electives (6 credit units)
Students are required to take TWO elective courses from the list below |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| CB2300 | Management | 3 | | CB3043 | Business Case Analysis and Communication | 3 | | CS3391 | Advanced Programming | 3 | | CS4335 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 | | EF4312 | Mergers and Acquisitions | 3 | | EF4314 | Corporate Valuation | 3 | | EF4323 | Trading Room Workshop | 3 | | EF4327 | Fixed Income Securities | 3 | | EF4331 | International Finance and Banking | 3 | | EF4334 | Regulation and Management of Financial Institutions | 3 | | MS3106 | Simulation | 3 | | MS4212 | Predictive Analytics and Forecasting | 3 | | MS4224 | Enterprise Data Mining | 3 | | MS4252 | Big Data Analytics | 3 | | MA3514 | Numerical Methods for Differential Equations | 3 | | MA4542 | Real Analysis | 3 |
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c) Financial Technology (FinTech) Stream (42 credit units) |
i) Stream Core (36 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Remarks |
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| CB2500 | Information Management | 3 | | | CS3334 | Data Structures | 3 | | | EF4314 | Corporate Valuation | 3 | | | IS3101 | Cryptocurrency and Blockchain | 3 | | | IS3240 | Advanced Business Programming in Python | 3 | | | IS3501 | Cybersecurity for Business | 3 | | | IS4837 | Regulatory Compliance for Financial Services Technologies | 3 | | | IS4335 | Data Visualization | 3 | | | IS4861 | Machine Learning for Business | 3 | | | IS4920 | FinTech Capstone Project | 6 | |
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Select One from the following courses: |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| IS4940 | Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 3 | | MGT2324 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
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ii) Stream Electives (6 credit units)
Students are required to take TWO elective courses from the list below. |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
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| CB2101 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 | | CB2201 | Operations Management | 3 | | CB2300 | Management | 3 | | CB2402 | Macroeconomics | 3 | | CB2601 | Marketing | 3 | | CB3043 | Business Case Analysis and Communication | 3 | | EF4312 | Mergers and Acquisitions | 3 | | EF4323 | Trading Room Workshop | 3 | | IS2502 | Social Media and Social Networks | 3 | | IS3230 | Java Programming for Business | 3 | | IS3430 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 | | IS4032 | Mobile Apps | 3 | | IS4537 | Information Systems Audit | 3 | | IS4543 | Risk Management and Information Systems Control | 3 | | MKT3603 | Consumer Behaviour | 3 |
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