Welcome to the

M.Sc. FinanceSchool of Economics and FinanceQueen Mary University of London

25th of September 2015

PeopleAcademic Staff: Francis Breedon (Director of the Programme) Sujoy Mukerji (Head of the School)

Admin Staff: Sarah Riley (Postgraduate Manager) Stanley Babukutty (Student Support Manager) Raj Sidhu (Careers Consultant) Lipsheon Jhand (Internship Co-Ordinator

First Semester

ECOM065 Investments(L. Ventimiglia)

ECOM015 Corporate Finance(R. Nikolowa)

ECOM052 Financial Statements (G. Spungin)

ECOM072 Econometrics for Finance (H. Mumtaz)

ECOM094 Eviews** Not assessed for CFA pathway

(D. Maimone)

ECOM044 Advanced Asset Pricing2 (Nick Baltas)

ECOM094 Data Analysis*

ModulesGraded modules are typically taught via the weekly lecture and the support class for 11 weeks. The grade for each module comes from the exam, typically worth 75% of the mark and the coursework component, typically worth 25% of the mark (to be held during the module).

Lectures For each lecture one handout and some exercises can be found and downloaded from the QMPLUS one day prior to the scheduled lecture.

Classes You are allocated to a weekly one-hour support class where you will have the

opportunity to work through exercises with the Teaching Assistant.

Books We provide you with e-books for all compulsory modules.

Revision

Revision lectures for all modules Exams Held centrally, can be in consecutive days!

Dissertation (third term)You have to write a dissertation. Details will be given during a presentation at the beginning of semester BYou cannot leave for a prolonged period of time during the third term.

CFA Training aiming for December Exam

Resits (early August)The exam period for students failing modules.

Grade for the MScs

• Your MSc is a total of 180 credits• Each module is typically worth 15 credits and

taught over one semester • Eviews and Data analysis is 30 credits and

taught over two semesters A and B*• Dissertation is worth 30 credits over the third

semester (semester)* CFA pathway assessed on CFA training instead

What to do next?A. Module registration (deadline 9th October)B. Download e-books (you will receive an email)C. Always use institutional emailD. Wait for details on optional elementsE. Get to know each other

Registration of modules1. Go to: https://mysis.qmul.ac.uk2. Log in using college username and password;3. Choose the modules (as for slides 5 and 6);4. Choose on the basis of your tastes only. I will let you change

at the beginning of semester 2 after the first introductory lectures.

5. “Enter” your diet. Once you have “entered” it, I will check and confirm your selection.

6. Do this today! (deadline 9th October)

e-book CollectionAs part of a innovative project and with the intention to become “greener”, the School of Economics and Finance provides you with e-books for compulsory modules.The e-books run on the same platform (Kortex) and have the same functionalities (you will be able to read them on and off-line, take notes, print parts of them).

Details will be given to you during the *second week of October* when you will be able to access them. You will receive an email with the instructions to access them. You will also have a dedicated customer care.

Thank you for choosing our School

We wish you an exciting, challenging and

rewarding experience good luck