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Examination in Finance for the degree of Master of Philosophy, 2007-08: Notice

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management give notice that in the academical year 2007-08 the subjects for examination in Finance for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.

Group 1 (compulsory subjects)

(1) Either
 S300 Econometrics (three-hour written examination and 4,000-word project, plus two-hour mid-course paper (can count for 25% of the total mark) (The S300 module carries double weight)
or
 MP0-1 Quantitative research methods (assessed by twelve research exercises) and
 MP0-1A Quantitative research methods - advanced (assessed by twelve research exercises)
(2)MF2 Principles of finance (two-hour written examination)
(3) Two of the following shall be taken as a Group 1 subject. The remaining subjects may be selected as Group 2 (optional papers).
S403Asset pricing (three-hour written examination)
MF12 Topics in corporate finance (assessed by 4,000-word essay)
MF14 Topics in empirical finance (assessed by two 2,000-word essays, plus optional one-hour seminar presentation)
MAT3 Optimal investment (one two-hour written examination)

Group 2 (optional papers)

S402 Microeconomics for finance (two-hour written examination plus optional two-hour mid-course paper)
MF1 Introduction to financial reporting (assessed by two-hour class test)
MF3 Financial reporting and capital markets (assessed by two 2,000-word essays)
MF40 International financial econometrics (assessed by two-hour class test)
MM2 Information systems (assessed by two-hour class test)
MM4 Strategic management (assessed by 2,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation)
MM10 Globalization and the impact of global big business (assessed by 4,000-word essay)
MM20 Environment and sustainability (assessed by 3,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation)
MM30 Marketing (assessed by two-hour class test)
TPE6 Strategic valuation - uncertainty and real options in systems design (assessed by 1,500-word essay plus modelling exercise over four weeks)

Papers from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos:

Advanced financial models (one three-hour written examination)

Actuarial statistics (one two-hour written examination)

Stochastic calculus and applications (one three-hour written examination)

Time series and Monte Carlo inference (one three-hour written examination)

Numerical analysis of partial differential equations (one three-hour written examination)