Master of Science by Coursework in Applied Financial Economics

1. The course shall be under the supervision of the joint Financial Economics Course Committee of the Saïd Business School and the Department of Economics.

2. Candidates will be required to follow a course of instruction in Applied Financial Economics for twenty-four months.

3. If, for good cause, a student is temporarily unable to carry out their studies, the Course Committee may grant a request for temporary suspension of status for twelve months; slightly shorter periods of suspension may be approved depending on the exact delivery dates for teaching of each of the core and elective modules. No student may be granted more than twenty-four months of suspension.

4. Candidates must complete the following assessments associated with the following five core modules:

(i) Corporate Finance - assessed by two written examinations and a 20 minute group video presentation.  

(ii) Economics - assessed by two written examinations and an individual 10-15 minute video presentation.  

(iii) Asset Pricing - assessed by two written examinations and a 20 minute group video presentation.  

(iv) Financial Econometrics - assessed by a written examination and two 20 minute group presentations, each with an accompanying 2,000 word group assignment.    

(v) Ethics and Finance - assessed by a 20 minute group video presentation. 

5. Candidates must take two electives in their first year and one elective in their second year, from a list approved by the Course Committee. Details of the available electives and the assessment methods will be published on the online course learning platform by the end of week 6 of Michaelmas term of each year.

6. Candidates must complete an individual project of no more than 10,000 words. The project should be submitted by noon on Thursday of the first week in September at the end of Year 2 of the course.

7. All assessments must be submitted using a University approved online submission system. All assessment deadlines and technical information on the requirements for online submissions will be provided in the Course Handbook on the online course learning platform. 

8. Candidates who fail any of the assessments associated with the core modules or electives will have the opportunity to re-sit the assessment. Candidates will be informed of the exact dates after the exam board has confirmed that reassessment is required. In the case of failure of the individual project, the resubmission will be due by the deadline in clause 6 in the following year.

9. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination if required by the examiners.