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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:42:26 +0100
From: Uwe Schmock <schmock(a)math.ethz.ch>
Subject: Master of Science in Finance (in Zurich/Switzerland)
Announcement
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The ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) and the
University of Zurich are jointly launching the new degree program
*** Master of Science in Finance ***
It is an intense two-semester program of courses followed by a master's
thesis.
Mandatory courses:
- Mathematical Foundations in Discrete and Continuous Time
- Financial Economics (incl. Corporate Finance)
- Empirical Methods for Finance
- Financial Institutions and Financial Markets
- Financial Theory and Asset Pricing
- Derivatives and Financial Engineering
- Insurance Analytics
Specializations (choose A or B):
(A) Quantitative Finance and Risk Management
- Risk Management
- Term Structures and Credit Risk Models
- Quantitative Methods for Risk Management
(B) Asset Management
- Asset Allocations and Performance Measurement
- Theory of Banking and Financial Intermediation
- Behavioral Finance or Empirical Methods
Optional Courses:
- Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance
- Real Options and Commodities
- International Finance
- Incomplete Markets: Further Developments
- Economics of Insurance
(Other courses may be taken upon request.)
Language:
The entire program will be taught in English so that international as
well as Swiss graduate students can attend.
Target students:
Undergraduates with an economics and/or a science background
(mathematics, physics, engineering) and practitioners who feel that
they need additional and more specialized training in financial
economics and in quantitative methods for finance.
Please visit
http://www.msfinance.ch/ for a list of the teaching
faculty members, a more detailed description of the curriculum, the
application procedure and further details.
Please tell your colleagues and students about the new program; feel
free to forward this email. You can use the two slides at
http://www.msfinance.ch/misc/MSc_Finance_Slides.pdf in your class.
With best regards,
Uwe Schmock
(Director MSc Finance Program)
Financial and Insurance Mathematics:
http://www.math.ethz.ch/finance/
Master of Science in Finance:
http://www.msfinance.ch/
RiskLab:
http://www.risklab.ch/
Home page:
http://www.math.ethz.ch/~schmock/