Eight compulsory modules cover key material in finance, economics and econometrics while optional modules allow you to focus on your preferences. Every year we offer optional modules, available through various study routes, delivered here at WBS. Please note that availability and delivery modes may vary.
Modules are taught by staff from both WBS and the Department of Economics at Warwick through a combination of lectures, classes and computer lab sessions.
Assessment is a mix of exams and coursework with your dissertation bringing all your learning together at the end.
Explore the fundamental relationships between investors’ decision-making in the presence of uncertainty (“risk”) and the cross-sectional and inter-temporal properties of prices and returns of financial assets
Full detailsGain an MSc-level knowledge of concepts and issues in Corporate Financial Management that enables you to solve general problems in the field.
Full detailsGain thorough training in econometrics with an emphasis on empirical modelling of economic and financial data.
Full detailsGain an understanding of the theory and practice of financial econometrics and the tools for the empirical analysis of financial time series and their application.
Full detailsBy the end of this module you will be familiar with and will have a strong grasp of contemporary macroeconomic theory and policy.
Full detailsThis module has been designed to give you a deep and comprehensive understanding of ethics in everyday life, in business life, and in the working life of a financial professional.
Full detailsA 6,000 word dissertation gives you the opportunity to test and apply techniques and theories you have been learning and to complete an original piece of research.
Full detailsThe module aims to equip you with cutting-edge research methods alongside other programming skills and access to relevant data sources. You will be provided with training in programming and data handling from the very beginning of the course, to ensure that you have the required skills when needed for workshops and assignments in the core modules.
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