You will study the following core modules in order to develop your knowledge and skills relating to Risk Management:
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Further Quantitative Research Methods
- Managerial Economics
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Corporate Risk
- Theory of Risk and Insurance
At least one from:
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Strategy
- Financial Econometrics
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Security Valuation
- Innovation and Policy
- Industrial Economics and Organisation
- International Finance
- International Strategy
- Management Information Systems
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Risk Management in Financial Institutions
- The Economics of Innovation
- Venture Capital, Corporate Restructuring and Entrepreneurship
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
Over the summer period towards the end of the course, you will undertake a 60 credit supervised 20,000 word dissertation on a subject of your choice relating to Risk Management.
The supervised dissertation allows you to develop your own independent research using concepts and techniques from the theoretical and methodological modules.
The MSc Risk Management is taught on a full-time basis over one year.
During this time, you must accumulate 180 credits to qualify for the award of MSc. 120 credits come from modules taught and examined during two 15-week semesters
Each taught module typically consists of 10, two or three hour sessions. Assessment is a combination of individual essay or group project and written examination
The remaining 60 credits of this course are allocated to an independent dissertation, which is completed over the summer period for submission in September