Essential higher-level mathematics training and a firm foundation in economics and finance
Students then choose between the following groups of two modules: — Intermediate microeconomics I and II — Intermediate macroeconomics I and II. Students also choose one of the following elective modules: — Applied mathematics — Sequences and series — Numerical mathematics. Year three Students take two core modules and specialise according to their own mathematical, financial and economic interests. Students also choose five elective modules (two mathematics, two from a finance-related group and one from an economics group). For mathematics electives, students select from a diverse pool of options, which allows them to gain advanced knowledge in areas such as modern applications of mathematics, modelling and applied mathematics, discrete mathematics and application and statistical processes and applications. Additionally all students take part in a group project and undertake their own mathematical research, closely supervised by an academic member of the department. All students take the following core modules: — Differential equations — Group project. Students choose two of the following elective mathematics modules: — Discrete mathematics — Dynamical systems — Game theory — Groups and symmetry — Introduction to mathematical physics — Advanced complex analysis — Mathematical processes for finance — Mathematical biology — Introduction to the mathematics of fluids. Students also choose two of the following elective finance-related modules: — Corporate finance — International finance — Financial economics — Finance and financial reporting B — Operational research.
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Students take one further elective module from the following group of modules: — Monetary economics — Economics of European integration — History of economic thought — Industrial organisation.
Opportunities for work placements Students have the opportunity to seek a oneyear placement in industry after the second year. Our dedicated team of placement specialists, the Professional Liaison Unit, has extensive experience in helping students to secure placement employment across a range of industries. Past experience has shown that placement students develop technical skills and business knowledge and return to university with more maturity, motivation and a much better understanding of key concepts, having applied them in placements. Additionally, placement students frequently receive offers of future graduate employment from their placement employer. In recent years students from our mathematics courses have been able to obtain placements at leading companies within their chosen field such as AXA, Barclays, Bloomberg, Disney, EY, GE Capital, IBM, JP Morgan, Microsoft, Toyota and Warner Music. We also offer a Micro-Placements Programme to a selected number of first-year students. This allows students to undertake work experience over the summer period for between two and five weeks. For more information, visit: www.city.ac.uk/careers
Career opportunities City graduates are equipped with a range of mathematical skills and find a wide range of careers open to them. The ability to think logically and abstractly, to solve problems and to model real-world phenomena are highly sought-after by employers. Given City’s location many recent graduates have been employed by large firms in the financial or industrial sector, while others have gone into education, Civil Service and research. Our recent graduates have obtained posts within Deloitte, Lloyds TSB, Natwest, CACI Ltd and Vietnam Airlines’ UK Branch.
Accreditation Good performance in certain modules can lead to exemption recommendations from professional examinations of the Institute of Actuaries.
School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering Mathematics with Finance and Economics BSc
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