Program Overview

The BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance is a programme targeted at producing graduates for the financial sector with rigorous content and industry standard software embedded at all levels. The course contains content streams in applied mathematics and statistics which are extended through each year up until graduations. There is a strong emphasis on applications since it is these applications that serve to embed employability skills in the curriculum.
There is also a strong emphasis on mathematical modelling. You will study modules including mechanics, mathematical modelling, numerical analysis and differential equations as you progress through your studies. At each stage Matlab is embedded in these modules to equip you with the skills to secure graduate employment in this area. You will also be given modules in statistical modelling at each stage. Again there is an emphasis on industry standard software systems and you will learn to use SPSS and R during each year.

Each year you will take specialist modules in financial subject areas which are delivered by the University of Wolverhampton Business School. These modules have been specially chosen to complement the mathematics modules you will study, and they will provide you with knowledge and understanding of financial theories. Financial modules will range from Finance Principles to Quantitative Analysis for Economics and Finance, from Financial Reporting to Global Financial Management, to allow you to develop your own understandings of global citizenship applicable to local, national and international communities.

You will also have the opportunity to develop your programming skills using Python at various points in your studies.

There are optional modules which allow you to specialise in your chosen area including operational research,financial mathematics, fluid dynamics and Galois theory.So, whether you aspire to further study at PhD level or to enter the workplace and hit the ground running, this course has what is required. You will have the tion to complete a one year placement between year 2 and
year 3, and many mathematics students have taken advantage of this option.

Whatever your chosen subject area this course has something to offer you. The mathematics group at the University of Wolverhampton has consistently achieved high scores in the national student survey and our student support is second to none.

What skills will you gain?

This course aims to develop your mathematical and financial expertise in three key areas:

• Applied Mathematics - Through modules such as mechanics, mathematical modelling, operational research and fluid dynamics
• you will acquire the skills to apply the principles of pure mathematics to problems from the real world.
• Statistics - You will study probability and statistics in each year of this program and over time you will develop the theoretical expertise and practical programming experience to apply what you have learned to problems involving large data sets from a variety of backgrounds.
• Finance - You will study Economics for Accounting and Finance, Quantitative Analysis for Economics and Finance, Financial Reporting, Finance Principles, Global Financial Management as well as Mathematical
• Finance & Data Analysis - These modules will cover aspects of financial theory and practice, as well as reporting, risk and international financial environment that will give skills that are relevant in the fields of financial
• services.

  Program Notes

• We typically require students to achieve a minimum of between 68% and 70% overall in their Standard XII examinations, depending on the examination board and the intended programme of study. Some courses may state specific subjects and grade requirements.
• IELTS waiver 70 in English in year 12 (CBSE/ICSE/WB/MH/KA/KL) other boards 75