Quantitative Methods

Course Code

BU5025

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor Euan Phimister

Pre-requisites

Students must be registered on the Postgraduate programme in Petroleum, Energy Economics and Finance

Co-requisites

None.

Notes

The first half of this course will be common and taught in conjunction with BU5006, Introductory Econometrics for Finance. The two course will split in mid-semester with the latter half being taught separately.

Overview

This course aims to provide an introduction to econometric and mathematical methods used in economics and finance.

Structure

1x 2hr lecture per week, for 12 weeks. 1x 1hr tutorial per week, for 6 weeks.

Assessment

1x 2hr written examination (80%), and 1x assignment (20%).
Resit: 100% on 2hr written examination capped at CAS 9.