Awards
Target Award
Accreditation
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
Sandwich Year Out
Educational Aims of the Course
This programme provides a solid grounding in how mathematics and statistics, supported by IT solutions, are applied to a wide variety of problems encountered in the financial sector, industry, business and research organisations. Hence it may be characterised as 'practice-based' (as referred to in the MSOR benchmark statement). Its main aims are:
• to provide students with an opportunity to enhance their mathematical and statistical education by studying broad, yet integrated subjects which have application in finance, industry, business and research.
• to produce graduates with the mathematical and statistical knowledge to model, solve and analyse problems using the increasingly sophisticated quantitative techniques adopted by major commercial institutions.
• to provide students with the opportunity to acquire and develop the practical skills that are essential within a financial environment.
• the development in students of skills which can be utilised in unfamiliar situations, e.g. the ability to conjecture, justify and evaluate.
• to enhance students' key and transferable skills such as communication, applications of IT, working with others, improving their own learning, etc.
• to develop in students an awareness of knowledge and skills necessary for a career as a quantitative or financial analyst in the workplace.
• to produce graduates capable of progression to postgraduate areas of study in financial mathematics and in mathematical and statistical disciplines in general.
• to encourage students to engage with the development of employability skills by completing a self-awareness statement.
• for students undertaking a placement year the aim is to provide students with an extended period of work experience at an approved partner that will complement their programme of study at LJMU. This will give the students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study, as well as attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment.
Learning Outcomes
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
Structure
Entry Requirements
Extra Entry Requirements
Is a DBS check required?
No