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Course Overview

This programme stresses on producing graduates with advanced training in quantitative finance. Nowadays, as the economic environment becomes more and more complicated, we need financial professionals who are capable to analyze, evaluate and plan for the global and regional economy. UTAR's Finance Mathematics program provides the best training for this purpose. 

Mathematical finance draws from the disciplines of probability theory, statistics, scientific computing and partial differential equations to provide models and derive relationships between fundamental variables such as asset prices, market movements and interest rates. 

These mathematical tools allow us to draw conclusions. For example, the theory of option pricing due to Black, Scholes and Merton allow us to assign a value to an option using arbitrage free arguments. 

This theory, for which Scholes and Merton were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1997, is an excellent illustration of the interaction between mathematics and financial theory. Other than its application to trading and regulation, the theory of finance has now become increasingly mathematical that problems in finance are now driving certain areas of mathematical research. 

Curriculum

Year 1

• Basic Mathematics?
• Calculus I 
• Calculus II 
• Co-Curriculum 
• English for Professional Communications?
• MPU1* 
• MPU1**
• Probability and Statistics I 
• Probability and Statistics II 
• Programming Techniques for Data Processing?
   
• Sociology in Malaysian Context?
   
• Sun Zi's Art of War and Business Strategies 
• Theory of Interest 

Year 2

• Business Finance 
• Financial Accounting I?
   
• FM Elective Group I 
• FM Elective Group II 
• FM Elective Group III 
• Industrial Training?
   
• Macroeconomics I 
• Microeconomics I 
• Portfolio Management 

Year 3

• Computation Finance?
• Financial Economics I?
   
• Financial Markets and Regulation?
• FM Elective Group I
• FM Elective Group II
• FM Elective Group III
• FM Elective Project 
• FM Elective Project 
• National Language / Other Language
• Numerical Methods?
• Risk Management 

Elective Group I - Choose 3 course(s)

• Applied Regression Analysis?
• Calculus III 
• Derivative Security 
• Elementary Real Analysis 
• Introduction to Scientific Computing?
   
• Mathematical Statistics 
• Operations Research I 
• Predictive Modelling 
• Statistical Simulation for Insurance and Finance 
• Stochastic Processes 
• Time Series Analysis 

Elective Group II - Choose 4 course(s)

• Business Law
• Financial Statement Analysis 
• Financial Accounting II?
   
• International Finance 
• Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance 
• Islamic Finance 
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Elective Group III - Choose 1 course(s)
 

• Academic Writing 
• Applications of Artificial Intelligence?
   
• Automation in the 4th Industrial Revolution?
   
• Basic Professional Writing 
• Communication in Interpersonal Relationship
   
• Confucianism and Modern Society?
   
• Creative Thinking and Idea Generation?
   
• Critical Reading and Thinking 
• Cross Cultural Management?
   
• Cross-Cultural Interactive Communication 
• Digital Economy?
   
• Electronic Commerce?
   
• Experimental Research Skills (ERS)?
   
• Oral Communication and Interpersonal Skills 
• Personal Financial Planning and Investment?
   
• Principles of International Business?
   
• Property Market Analysis?
   
• Public Speaking and Oral Presentation 
• Understanding Politics: State, Nation and Government ?
   

Elective Project - Choose 2 course(s)
 

• Case Study on Investment and Trading 
• Financial Modelling 
• Project I 
• Project II  

MPU 1* - Choose 1 course
 

• Penghayatan Etika dan Peradaban - For Local Students
• Philosophy and Current Issue - For International Students

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• MPU 1** - Choose 1 course

  • Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 - For International Students
  • Falsafah dan Isu Semasa - For Local Students
  •  

National Language/Other Languages - Choose 1 course (s)
 

• Bahasa Kebangsaan (A) - For Malaysian only, without SPM-BM credit
• Communication Tamil For Health Sciences
• Introduction to French
• Introduction to German Language
   
• Introduction to Japanese
   
• Introduction to Korean
   
• Introduction to Tamil Language
   
• Introduction to Thai Language
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Co-curriculum - Choose 1 course(s)

• Art, Craft, and Design
• Arts and Cultural Performance
• Business Plan Writing and Preparation?
   
• Community Project
   
• Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
   
• Language, Culture and Social Study Aboard
• Leadership and Teambuilding
• Management of Sports Activity
• Managing Personal Finance?
   
• Music Performance?
• Social Entrepreneurship Project
   
• Study Soft Skills and/or Life Skills Abroad
   
• Team Work and Collaborative Project
   
• Work Ethics and EQ?

Entry Requirements

Career Prospects

• Financial Analyst 
• Risk Manager 
• Commercial Bank Consultant 
• Investment Consultant