MSc in Risk and Finance

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Programme Code: TMRIFI

Department: Finance

For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Student must take courses to the value of four full units (of which one paper includes a dissertation) as shown below.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.


Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
Paper 1	FM403 Management and Regulation of Risk (1.0) ^A
Paper 2	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:
	FM431A Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^#
	FM431W Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
	FM439 Asset Markets for MSc Finance and Risk (0.5) ^#
	Or any other half-unit quantitative Finance course with the permission of the programme director.
Papers 3 & 4	Courses to the value of 2.5 unit(s) from the following:
	AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)
	AC444 Valuation and Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
	AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) ^#
	FM402 Financial Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
	FM412 Quantitative Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
	FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) ^#
	FM421 Finance for Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings (0.5) ^#
	FM431A Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ¹
	FM431W Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ² (not available 2024/25)
	FM439 Asset Markets for MSc Finance and Risk (0.5) ^#
	FM441 Derivatives (0.5) ^#
	FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5)
	FM471 Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing (0.5) ^#
	FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
	FM477 International Finance A (0.5) ^#
	GY420 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
	GY462 Real Estate Finance (0.5)
	GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)
	GY475 Issues in Environmental Governance (0.5)
	LL4BF International Financial Regulation (0.5)
	LL4BK Corporate Crime (0.5)
	LL4BL Financial Crime (0.5)
	MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
	MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
	MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
	PH425 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)
	SO425 Economy, Risk and Society (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	ST409 Stochastic Processes (0.5) ^#
	Any other paper with the approval of the Programme Director.

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

1 : FM431A can not be taken with FM431W

2 : FM431W can not be taken with FM431A

Footnotes

A : Includes dissertation.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.