School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science

Module Specification List

Undergraduate Modules

Foundation Year (Level F modules)

Module Code
Module Title
MA022 Graphs, Geometry and Trigonometry
MA024 Additional Mathematics
MA025 Foundation Statistics
MA026 Mathematical Workshops

 

Stage 1 (Level C modules)

Module Code
Module Title
MA306 Statistics
MA309 Economics for Mathematicians
MA315 Financial Mathematics
MA319 Probability and Statistics for Actuarial Science
MA321 Calculus and Mathematical Modelling
MA322 Proofs and Number
MA323 Matrices and Probability
MA324 Exploring Mathematics
MA325 From Geometry to Algebra
MA326 Matrices and Computing

 

Stage 2 (Level I modules)

Module Code
Module Title
MA501 Statistics for Insurance
MA516 Contingencies I
MA526 Finance and Financial Reporting
MA529 Probability and Statistics for Actuarial Science 2
MA552 Analysis
MA553 Linear Algebra
MA554 Groups, Rings and Fields
MA555 Several Variable Calculus
MA556 Mathematical Writing and Project
MA584 Computational Mathematics
MA588 Mathematical Techniques and Differential Equations
MA590 Mathematical Modelling
MA629 Probability and Inference
MA632 Regression

 

Stage 3 (Level H modules)

Module Code
Module Title
MA506 Life Assurance Practice
MA508 Pensions Fund
MA523 Mathematical Models of Financial Derivatives
MA525 Survival Models
MA533 Contingencies II
MA535 Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
MA537 Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
MA539 Financial Modelling
MA549 Discrete Mathematics
MA563 Calculus of Variations
MA572 Complex Analysis
MA574 Polynomials in several variables
MA575 Mathematics in Schools
MA576 Groups & Representations
MA577 Elements of Abstract Analysis
MA587 Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations
MA591 Nonlinear Systems and Mathematical Biology
MA593 Topics in Modern Applied Mathematics
MA599 Mini-projects
MA600 Final Year Mathematics Dissertation/Project. Topics
MA601 Individual Project in Mathematics
MA636 Stochastic Processes
MA639 Time Series Modelling and Simulation
MA771 Applied Stochastic Modelling and Data Analysis
MA772 Analysis of Variance
MA781 Practical Multivariate Analysis

 

 

 

Postgraduate Modules

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Science

Module Code
Module Title
MA819 Economics for Actuaries
MA820 Financial Mathematics
MA825 Survival Models
MA826 Finance and Financial Reporting
MA833 Contingencies
MA835 Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
MA836 Stochastic Processes
MA837 Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
MA840 Financial Modelling

 

MSc in Applied Actuarial Science

Module Code
Module Title
MA909 Enterprise Risk Management
MA912 Life Insurance
MA914 Pension & Other Benefits
MA915 Finance & Investment
MA916 Derivative Securities
MA917 General Insurance - Reserving and Capital Modelling
MA918 General Insurance - Premium Rating
MA921 Core Applications Concepts 1
MA922 Core Applications Concepts 2
MA950 PROPHET 1
MA951 PROPHET 2
MA952 Financial Modelling
MA953 Communications

 

MSc in Finance, Investment and Risk

Module Code
Module Title
MA930 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
MA931 Financial Risk Management
MA932 Financial Statements Analysis
MA933 Fund Management

 

MSc in Mathematics and its Applications

Module Code
Module Title
MA561 Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
MA562 Nonlinear Waves and Soliton Theory
MA871 Asymptotics and Perturbation Methods
MA960 Dissertation for MSc in Mathematics and its Applica-
tions
MA961 Mathematical Inquiry and Communication
MA962 Geometric Integration
MA963 Poisson algebras and combinatorics
MA964 Applied Algebraic Topology
MA965 Symmetries, Groups and Invariants
MA967 Quantum Physics
MA968 Mathematics and Music
MA969 Applied Differential Geometry
MA972 Algebraic curves in nature

 

MSc in Statistics / MSc in Statistics with Finance

Module Code
Module Title
MA835 Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
MA837 Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
MA858 Computational Statistics
MA862 Probability, Inference and Multivariate Analysis
MA863 The Linear Model
MA864 Further Statistical Theory
MA865 Statistical Applications
MA866 Practical Statistics and Computing
MA867 Statistics Project
MA881 Probability and Classical Inference
MA882 Advanced Regression Modelling
MA883 Bayesian Modelling
MA884 Principles of Data Collection
MA885 Stochastic Processes and Time Series
MA886 Modelling of Time-dependent Data and Financial Econometrics
MA887 Stochastic Processes and Insurance Risk
MA888 Stochastic Models in Ecology and Medicine
MA889 Analysis of Large Datasets
MA890 Practical Statistics and Computing

 

 

 

 

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS), Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF.

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Last Updated: 17/05/2012