Introduction to Mathematics for Finance and Economics (L1054)

15 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

The aims of this module are to introduce you to the basic mathematical methods and techniques used in economic analysis, and to enable the confident and independent use of these skills. The skills also have a transferable content and are useful in other disciplines and applications.

Contact hours and workload

This module is 150 hours of work. This breaks down into 33 hours of contact time and 117 hours of independent study.

This module is running in the academic year 2019/20. We also plan to offer it in future academic years. It may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Accounting and Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Accounting and Finance BSc
• Economics (with a professional placement year) BA
• Economics (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Economics BA
• Economics BSc
• Economics and Finance BSc
• Economics and International Development BA
• Economics and International Relations BA
• Economics and Management Studies BSc
• Economics and Politics BA
• Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Finance BSc
• Finance and Business (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Finance and Business BSc
• Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) BA