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Financial Mathematics  (MMS8)

BSc (NFQ Level 8) · Academic Year 2024/2025
School
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Attendance
Full Time
Level
Undergraduate
NFQ Level
8
Award
Bachelor of Science
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Programme Director
Dr Adamaria Perrotta
Overall Programme Credits:
240
Programme Credits:
Stage 1
Core/Option: 55 Electives: 5
Stage 2
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 3
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 4
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0
Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
Stage 3: 50
Stage 4: 60

Curricular information is subject to change.

Students’ performance will be reviewed at the end of the academic year. Students who fail 50% or more of their registered modules, and who fail to progress to the next stage of their programme, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic progress policy. Students’ performance will continue to be reviewed in subsequent trimesters and students will be invited to meetings with the College of Science office for support and guidance.

Where the rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable, a case will be submitted to the Governing Board for review. A recommendation for discontinuation may be the outcome of this review.

As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Stage 3

Students take 8 core modules, 1 option modules and a further 10 credits of elective modules. Students can select additional option modules in lieu of elective modules to fulfill stage requirements.

Stage 4

Students take 7 core modules and 5 option modules.

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module Type Module   Trimester Credits
Stage 3 Core Modules
 ACM30080 PDEs in Financial Maths Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 FIN30170 Corporate Financial Management Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 MATH20130 Fundamentals of Actuarial and Financial Mathematics I Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 MATH30090 Metric Spaces Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 STAT30090 Models - Stochastic Models Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 ACM30110 Advanced Computational Finance Spring  10
Stage 3 Core Modules
 MATH20210 Fundamentals of Actuarial and Financial Mathematics II Spring  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
 MATH30380 Financial Mathematics Foundations Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of:
Students who have not previously taken STAT20230 must take it in Stage 3. This will count as their required option module for Stage 3.
 STAT20230 Modern Regression Analysis Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 ACM30130 Advanced Computational Science Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 ECON30150 International Money and Banking Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 STAT40800 Data Prog with Python (online) Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 ECON30580 Economics of Betting Markets Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 MATH30370 Markov Chains Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Students who have already taken STAT20230 must select 1 module from this list. Students may also choose additional option modules from this list instead of elective modules. Please note: ECON30150 can only be selected in the Autumn trimester.
 STAT30270 Statistical Machine Learning Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - C) Min 0 of:
Students must register to a minimum of 50 Programme Credits (Core/Options). Students may register to 10 Elective credits or select additional Elective modules from the list below in order to fulfill their Stage requirements.
 MATH20070 Optimization in Finance Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 MATH30360 Measure Theory and Integration Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 STAT30010 Time Series Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 STAT40400 Monte Carlo Inference Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 STAT40920 Financial & Actuarial Maths I Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 FIN30270 Advanced Risk Management Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 MATH40480 Probability Theory Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
 STAT40930 Financial & Actuarial Maths II Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
FIN30030 International Financial Management Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
SCI30080 Professional Placement-Science Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
STAT30080 Models - Survival Models Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
STAT30320 Investment and Trading Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
STAT40020 Actuarial Statistics I Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
ACM30140 Numerical Methods for PDEs Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
MATH30250 Cryptography: Theory & Practice Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
STAT40070 Actuarial Statistics II Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 5 of:
Students select 5 modules from this list of option modules. Students who have successfully completed SCI30080 will be registered by the School to this module.
STAT40150 Multivariate Analysis Spring  5

See the UCD Assessment website for further details

Module Weighting Info
 
  Award GPA
Programme Module Weightings Rule Description Description >= <=
BHSCI001 Stage 4 - 70.00%
Stage 3 - 30.00%
 Standard Honours Award First Class Honours

3.68

4.20
Second Class Honours, Grade 1

3.08

3.67
Second Class Honours, Grade 2

2.48

3.07
Pass

2.00

2.47
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