BUSE Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics and Financial Mathematics
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission a candidate must have a good first degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering and Economics or any other subject with a high Mathematical content.
Programme Structure
The Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics and Financial Mathematics shall be offered over one and half years (three semesters) of part-time study.
The following courses shall be on offer:
| SEMESTER I | |
| Code | Description |
| PGDFM511 | Introduction to Statistics |
| PGDFM512 | Financial Mathematics Techniques |
| PGDFM513 | Operations Research Techniques |
| MT500 | Research Methods and Statistics |
| SEMESTER II | |
| Code | Description |
| PGDFM521 | Information Technologies for Finance and Investment Analysis |
| PGDFM522 | Survey Sampling Techniques |
| PGDFM523 | Actuarial Statistics |
| BS203 | Corporate Finance I |
| Part II | |
| SEMESTER I | |
| Code | Description |
| PGDFM531 | Numerical Methods in Finance |
| PGDFM532 | Financial Time Series Analysis and Forecasting |
| PGDFM533 | Infrastructure Finance |
| PGDFM534 | Multivariate Analysis and Econometrics |
| PGDFM535 | Practicum |
Programme Overview