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MA50300: Dissertation

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mathematical Sciences
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Dissertation Period
Assessment Summary: To be confirmed
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Supplementary Assessment:
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: Analyse different mathematical or data science techniques, and their relevance as a solution method for a specific problem in financial mathematics.
Apply their knowledge of Mathematics and Data Science to investigate a problem arising in Financial Mathematics.
Be able to critically evaluate mathematical or statistical models from an ethical or responsible modelling perspective.
Produce a substantial written document summarising existing research in mathematics and/or data science, and explain its relevance for a topic in financial mathematics.


Synopsis: In this unit, you will write their your dissertation. You will carry out and present an in-depth investigation into a topic of relevance in Mathematics and/or Data Science, as applied to a problem of importance in the financial industry.

Aims: In this unit, students will write a dissertation based on the reading and preliminary work carried out in Semester 2 on the Research Project Preparation unit. The aim of the dissertation is for the students to carry out and present an in depth investigation into a topic of relevance in Mathematics and/or Data Science as applied to a problem of importance in the financial industry.

Skills: Problem solving (F,A), research skills (F,A), computing skills (F,A), data analysis (F,A), written presentation skills (F,A).

Content: The dissertation will be on a topic of relevance in Mathematics and/or Data Science as applied to a problem of relevance in the financial industry. Students will choose a dissertation topic with academic support during the Research Project Preparation unit in Semester 2.

Course availability:

MA50300 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Mathematical Sciences

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