The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management give notice that in the academical year 2008-09 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.
(1) Either
S300 Econometrics (assessed by three-hour written examination and 4,000-word project, plus two-hour mid-course paper) (can count for 28% of the total mark) (the S300 module carries double weight) |
or
MP0-1 Quantitative research methods (assessed by four workbooks of research exercises) and | |
MP0-1A Quantitative research methods - advanced (assessed by four workbooks of research exercises) |
(2) | MF2 Principles of finance (assessed by two-hour written examination, plus group project comprising written report and presentation) |
(3) | Two of the following shall be taken as a Group 1 subject. The remaining subjects may be selected as Group 2 (optional papers). |
S403 | Asset pricing (assessed by three-hour written examination) |
MF14 | Topics in empirical finance (assessed by two 2,000-word essays, plus optional one-hour seminar presentation) |
MF12 | Topics in corporate finance (assessed by 4,000-word essay) |
MAT3 | Optimal investment (assessed by one two-hour written examination) |
MFin13 | Credit derivatives (assessed by course-work) |
MFin14 | Fixed income analysis (assessed by course-work) |
S402 | Microeconomics for finance (assessed by two-hour written examination, plus optional two-hour mid-course paper) |
MF1 | Introduction to financial reporting (assessed by two-hour class test, plus team presentation) |
MF3 | Financial reporting and capital markets (assessed by two 2,000-word essays) |
MF40 | International financial econometrics (assessed by two-hour class test) |
MM10 | Globalization and the impact of global big business (assessed by 4,000-word essay) |
TPE6 | Strategic valuation (assessed by project consisting of written report and associated spreadsheet model) |
MM2 | Information systems (assessed by two-hour class test) |
MM4 | Strategic management (assessed by 2,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation) |
MM20 | Environment and sustainability (assessed by 3,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation) |
MM30 | Marketing (assessed by two-hour class test) |
MFin17 | New venture financing (assessed by course-work) |
Advanced financial models (assessed by one three-hour written examination)
Actuarial statistics (assessed by one two-hour written examination)
Stochastic calculus and applications (assessed by one three-hour written examination)
Time series and Monte Carlo inference (assessed by one three-hour written examination)
Numerical analysis of partial differential equations (assessed by one three-hour written examination)