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2015-2016

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Mathematics/Business

Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management

Degree Requirements

Students in this plan must fulfill all the requirements in Table I and Table II and the following specific requirements:

One of

MATH 237 Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics
MATH 247 Calculus 3 (Advanced Level)

All of

ACTSC 231 Mathematics of Finance
ACTSC 371 Introduction to Investments
ACTSC 372 Corporate Finance
AMATH 350 Differential Equations for Business and Economics
CS 330 Management Information Systems
STAT 334 Probability Models for Business and Accounting or (STAT 330 Mathematical Statistics and STAT 333 Applied Probability)
STAT 371 Applied Linear Models and Process Improvement for Business
STAT 372 Survey Sampling and Experimental Design Techniques for Business

One of

ACTSC 446 Mathematical Models in Finance
MATBUS 470 Derivatives

One of

CO 250 Introduction to Optimization
CO 255 Introduction to Optimization (Advanced Level)

One of

CS 335 Computational Methods in Business and Finance
CS 476 Numeric Computation for Financial Modeling (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 Understanding the Business Environment (see Laurier calendar)
BUS 121W Functional Areas of the Organization (see Laurier 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 two specialization choices below.

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 Laurier calendar)
BUS 481W Business Policy I (see Laurier 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

Professional Risk Management Specialization

All of

AMATH 331/PMATH 331 Applied Real Analysis
CS 338 Computer Applications in Business: Databases
MATBUS 471 Fixed Income Securities

One of

ACTSC 445 Quantitative Risk Management
MATBUS 472 Risk Management

One of

STAT 340 Computer Simulation of Complex Systems
STAT 341 Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

One of

CO 370 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).

Note

  1. Any Financial Analysis and Risk Management (FARM) student who meets all the course requirements for one of the two specializations, but who does not meet the special major average (SMAV) requirements, will be eligible to graduate in the Mathematics/Business Administration plan, either regular or co-op, as appropriate.


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