Banking & Finance
Banking and Finance will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to incline your analytical and statistical/mathematical mind orientation for the work-place. The course will provide you with the professional teaching of concepts related to both fields.
Statistics and Operations Research
The four-year programme of studies for Statistics and Operations Research as part of the B.Sc. (Hons) degree has been designed for you to embark on a four-year plan which will help you to learn a number of topics considered to be fundamental in the academic disciplines of Statistics and Operations Research, and to follow fruitfully a set of accompanying study units which are oriented towards specialized areas.
Banking & Finance
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Statistics and Operations Research
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
Banking & Finance
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BKF2011 | Banking 1 | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
EMA1310 | Foundations and Applications of Economics | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
EMA1314 | Financial Accounting and Control 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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CIS1044 | SQL for Statisticians | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ISR1001 | Economics of Risk Management | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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MAT1091 | Mathematical Methods | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ACC1731 | Financial Accounting and Control 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
BKF2071 | Principles of Finance | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
ECN1201 | Economics of Development and Small Island States | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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MAT1116* | Introduction to Vector Spaces | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Students must check the pre-requisite requirements.   |
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BKF2041 | Financial Services Law | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF2320 | Accounting for Bankers 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ECN2230 | Macroeconomics for Finance | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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INS3018 | Investments and Derivative Markets | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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MAT2112 | Linear Algebra 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BKF2050 | Foundations of Risk Management | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3111 | Practical Issues in Banking | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3151 | Securities Markets and Trading | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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BKF3310 | Thomson Reuters - Applied Analytics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BFI3344 | Investment Banking | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF2091 | Money and Banking | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3041 | International Banking 1 | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3050 | Equity Markets | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BFI3309 | Mathematical Finance, Financial Engineering, Derivatives and Risk Measurement | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3021 | Fixed Income Analysis | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3093 | Governance and Regulations | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Mathematics or Physics and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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BKF3308 | Islamic Finance | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units for students taking Statistics and Operations Research and Banking and Finance only | |||||
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BFI3346 | Financial Mathematical Models | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BFI3301 | Dissertation | 20 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BFI3345 | Fund Administration | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3061 | Finance of International Trade | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3341 | Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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BKF3320 | Econometrics for Banking and Finance | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
BKF3330 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Statistics and Operations Research
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1212* | Introductory Analysis | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR1110 | Probability | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1222 | Statistical Computing | 8 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1310 | Optimization | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1320 | Linear Programming | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1450** | Principles of Financial Mathematics and Life Policies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR1450*** | Principles of Financial Mathematics and Life Policies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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CIS1044 | SQL for Statisticians | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ELP1062 | English Proficiency | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR1250 | Official Statistics and Demography | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1116**** | Introduction to Vector Spaces | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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SOR2120 | Convergence and Limits in Probability | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2211 | Families of Random Variables and Random Vectors | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2221 | Statistical Inference 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2230 | Time Series 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR2250 | Sampling 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR2330 | Nonlinear Programming | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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SOR2110 | History and Philosophy of Probability and Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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SOR3110 | Stochastic Processes 1 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3210 | Multivariate Analysis 1 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3221 | Regression Models | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3243 | Bayesian Statistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3350 | Combinatorial Optimization | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3500 | Computational Methods in Statistics and Operations Research | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3411 | Risk Modelling in Insurance and Finance | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3430 | The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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CIS1044 | SQL for Statisticians | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3242 | Robust Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3250* | Design of Experiments | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by Biology and Statistics and Operations Research students.   |
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Compulsory UnitEither | |||||
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SOR3101 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Probability | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3201 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Statistics | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3301 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Operations Research | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3401 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Financial and Actuarial Mathematics | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3121 | Stochastic Processes 2 | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3211 | Generalized Linear Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3222 | Nonlinear and Nonparametric Regression Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3231 | Time Series 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3311 | Stochastic Programming | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3351 | Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3411 | Risk Modelling in Insurance and Finance | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3430 | The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3241 | Survival Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3242 | Robust Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3250* | Design of Experiments | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by students taking Biology and Statistics and Operations Research.   |
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Science (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.