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2011-2012

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Mathematics/Business

Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management

Degree Requirements

In conjunction with the common degree requirements in Table I in "Degree Requirements," these plans require at least 22 math courses. These overall requirements must include the Faculty core courses outlined in Table II in "Degree Requirements," and the courses listed below.

All of

MATH 237 Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics or MATH 247 Calculus 3 (Advanced Level)
ACTSC 231 Mathematics of Finance
ACTSC 371 Corporate Finance 1
ACTSC 372 Corporate Finance 2
ACTSC/STAT 446 Mathematical Models in Finance or MATBUS 470 Derivatives
AMATH 350 Differential Equations for Business and Economics
CO 250/CM 340 Introduction to Optimization or CO 355 Mathematical Optimization
CS 330 Management Information Systems
CS 335 Computational Methods in Business and Finance or CS 476 Numeric Computation for Financial Modeling*
STAT 334 Probability Models for Business and Accounting or (STAT 330 Mathematical Statistics and STAT 333 Applied Probability)
STAT 371 Statistics for Business 1
STAT 372 Statistics for Business 2
*Note: CS 476 may require additional courses as prerequisites.

All of

AFM 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM 102 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BUS 111W Introduction to Business Organization (see WLU calendar)
BUS 121W Functional Areas of the Organization (see WLU calendar)
COMM 231 Commercial and Business Law for Mathematics Students
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics

All of the courses required for one of the specialization choices (a) or (b) below.

a) Chartered Financial Analyst Specialization

All of

CO 372 Portfolio Optimization Models
MATBUS 471 Fixed Income Securities

All of

BUS 352W Introduction to Marketing Management (see WLU calendar)
BUS 481W Business Policy 1 (see WLU calendar)
COMM 321 Intermediate Accounting for Finance
COMM 421 Financial Statement Analysis
ECON 202 Macroeconomic Theory 1
One of

HRM 200 Basic Human Resources Management
MSCI 211 Organizational Behaviour
PSYCH 338 Organizational Psychology

Additional electives in order to total 40 courses (20 units).

b) Professional Risk Management Specialization

All of

ACTSC 445 Asset-Liability Management or MATBUS 471 Fixed Income Securities
AMATH/PMATH 331 Applied Real Analysis
CS 338 Computer Applications in Business: Databases
MATBUS 472 Risk Management
STAT 340 Computer Simulation of Complex Systems or STAT 341/ CM 361 Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
One of
CO 370/CM 443 Deterministic OR Models
CO 372 Portfolio Optimization Models

One additional course (.50 units) labelled BUS, COMM, ECON, HRM, or MSCI.

Two additional non-math courses (1.0 units).

Additional electives in order to total 40 courses (20 units).

Notes
  1. To graduate with an Honours BMath/Chartered Financial Analyst Specialization or an Honours BMath/Professional Risk Management Specialization degree, students must achieve a cumulative average of at least 70% based upon all courses taken with any of the following prefixes: AFM, ACTSC, COMM, and ECON. Exclusions (if any) from this "Special Major Average" (SMAV) are specified in section 1 under "Faculty Policies."
  2. To remain eligible to continue in any of the Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management plans, students must normally have a SMAV (see preceding Note 1) of at least 70%. This criterion will apply once a student has completed at least three courses towards the average.
  3. The average requirements in Notes 1 and 2 above are in addition to the cumulative overall average (CAV) and major average (MAV) requirements specified in Table I in "Degree Requirements," and described in detail in sections 1 through 4 under "Faculty Policies."


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