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The financial crisis and global recession have triggered a search for new perspectives in economics training that can deal with the challenges posed by highly interconnected and globalised financial and industrial organisations. Our course MSc Computational Economics, Financial Markets and Policy provides a revolutionary way to address the many issues raised in macro-economics and financial regulation.
It offers a revolutionary and interdisciplinary study of macro-economics and financial regulation and provides a rigorous training in policy design. By using a multi-agent computational and simulation modelling approach to complement your work in statistics and econometrics, you investigate a wide array of economic phenomena that can also aid in policy design. You will be given laboratory based instruction to build a range of agent based models that include systemic risk analysis with financial networks and market micro-structure of stock markets.
Our course has a strong policy orientation and operational content. It will appeal to those aiming to pursue careers in regulatory institutions, financial modelling, the civil service and real-world problem solving. It will also be an excellent stepping stone for those wishing to progress into further research.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A Masters course lasts for twelve months (full-time), starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. Your balance of modules and research varies according to the subject but, typically, your research counts for 60 credits and there are 120 credits of modules, varying from 10 to 40 credits each. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).
In some subjects, Postgraduate or Graduate Certificates and Diplomas are available, which last for six to nine months (full-time) and consist of 60 or 120 credits, respectively. These include the modules and assessed work of a Masters, without a dissertation. Our Graduate Diplomas equip those with a Bachelors with knowledge to proceed to a Masters in a different subject.
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Modules
Core modules
* Msc Dissertation

Compulsory modules
* Computational Agent-Based Macro-Economics, Financial Markets And Policy Design
* Computational Market Micro-Structure And Complexity Economics
* Computational Methods In Agent Based Economics And Policy Simulation
* Expert Seminar Series On Economic Policy And Financial Regulation And Governance

Compulsory with options modules
* Economics Of Financial Markets
* Macroeconomics
* Microeconomics

Optional modules
* Advanced Research Methods: Empirical Explorations The Contemporary Workplace
* Applications Of Data Analysis
* Artificial Neural Networks
* Asset Pricing
* Audit Theory
* Bank Strategy And Risk
* Behavioural Finance
* Cases In Corporate Governance
* Corporate Finance
* Corporate Reporting And Analysis
* Creativity And Organisation
* Critical Marketing
* Derivative Securities
* E-Commerce
* Econometric Methods And Applications
* Economic Development Theory
* Economics Of Incentives, Contracts And The Firm
* Economics Of The European Union
* Economics Of Transition
* Environmental Economics
* Estimation And Inference In Econometrics
* Exchange Rates And International Finance
* Fixed Income Securities
* Foundations Of Management And Marketing
* Game Theory And Applications
* High Frequency Finance And Empirical Market Microstructure
* Human Resource Management
* Industry Expert Lectures In Finance
* International Environment Of Business
* International Finance
* International Financial Reporting
* International Management Accounting
* International Trade Theory
* Issues In Financial Reporting
* Machine Learning And Data Mining
* Macroeconomics
* Management Accounting
* Management In Organisations
* Management Psychology
* Management: Principles And Practices
* Managing Across Cultures
* Managing For Ethics And Sustainability
* Market Structure And Strategic Behaviour
* Marketing: Principles And Practices
* Mathematical Methods
* Mathematical Research Techniques Using Matlab
* Microeconomics
* Modern Banking
* Panel Data Methods
* Perspectives On Corporate Governance
* Perspectives On Marketing
* Philosophy Of Management And Accounting
* Political Economy
* Postgraduate Mathematics Preparation
* Programming In Java
* Research Evaluation Projects
* Research Methods And Methodologies In Accounting And Management
* Risk Management
* Strategic Brand Communication
* Strategy And Accounting
* Survey Measurement And Question Design
* Theory Of Industrial Organisation
* Topics In Financial Economics
* Topics In Labour Economics
* Trading Global Financial Markets

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

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Our applicants should have an Upper Second Class Honours degree (or equivalent) in economics, finance, econometrics, business or any other quantitative or computational degree such as physics, engineering, mathematics and computer science. If English is not your first language, then we require IELTS 6.5 overall or equivalent.