SF271V Web Based Course in Financial Mathematics 7,5 cr

During later years modeling of financial markets has drawn a lot of attention, and today there is a great demand for this kind of knowledge.

Companies and private persons are often exposed to risks which they are not willing to take. Commodity prices, exchange rates, and interests change over time. The values of value portfolios, for example pension funds are exposed to stochastic variations. Therefore, on the financial market there are different types of financial contracts, such as forward contracts, and options. These result in the possibility to insure oneself against the risks- but also make it possible to speculate of risks.

Financial mathematics partly treats how to set prices on financial contracts, and partly how financial risks can be estimated and minimized. The course is aimed for those who would like to get a general knowledge of financial mathematics. You might work within banking or finance, or you have attended a higher education in Financial Economics, and want to increase your understanding of mathematical modeling and the analysis of these models.

The course is concluded by an oral or written exam at a university or by video with webcam. This exam is to a greater extent a rehearsal on parts of the net based examinations which you have already done during the course.

Application and user account

Students apply for the course through the national website for higher education www.antagning.se.

Read more about the requirements for the course in the official course information. You will find the link to the official course information to the right.

All our courses have a flexible study pace, that you can choose when you have received an RCN-account for the course. Formal admission and registration to the course, however, takes place on the course date you have signed up for. It is possible to start the course and do tests before the course date, but the results will not be registered until the course date. Please make sure that the account and notification are for the same course date.

In addition to notification you need to obtain an user account for the course.

If you already have an account at RCN/MATH.SE, you still need to fill in the user account of the course, and use the same log in information. If you have forgotten these, please contact the technical support.

To apply for admission, please fill out the application form below. It is required that you meet course eligibility requirements. Assuming you have been admitted and started the course you will receive a course registration. Course registration is required for your results to be reported.

The course starts again earliest spring 2016

* You will be contacted by a personal email closer to the course start with info on how to create a course account.