UCT BUS4053H-Quantitative Finance Project

36 NQF credits at level 8

Course convener: Associate Professor IL MacDonald

Entrance requirements: Concurrent attendance of Actuarial Science III courses if not already passed.

Course outline:The aim of this course is to provide students with a grounding in research methodology which they then use as a foundation for completion of their own research into an area of interest, under supervision. The process includes the submission of a proposal, a literature review, a draft hand-in and finally submission of a research paper.

DP requirements: 35% for submitted draft.

Assessment:

Final hand in 90%
Literature review 10%