Postgraduate coursework in Financial Mathematics

Program Requirements

Study planners are useful guides for successful progression through the program. Students must follow the program rules and requirements listed on the Programs and Courses website.

Students are required to check the prerequisites, incompatibilities and restrictions for all courses they select in their study plan. Future course offerings are subject to change.

Refer to the relevant study planner from the year and semester the program was commenced.

2024

2024 Graduate Diploma Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

2023

2023 Graduate Diploma Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

Program requirements - 2022

Please note this program is being introduced from Semester 1, 2022.

To plan courses for your program, please:

Open Program Planner
Sign in using your UQ username and password or ‘start plan as guest’
Search for your program using the program name or program code (for example: ‘Bachelor of Mathematics’ or ‘2460’)
Add courses to your planner as required

Refer to the relevant ‘Program and course requirements’ page for the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete the program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Program Requirements

Study planners are useful guides for successful progression through the program. Students must follow the program rules and requirements listed on the Programs and Courses website.

Students are required to check the prerequisites, incompatibilities and restrictions for all courses they select in their study plan. Future course offerings are subject to change.

Refer to the relevant study planner from the year and semester the program was commenced.

2024

2024 Masters Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

2023

2023 Masters Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

Program requirements - 2022

To plan courses for your program, please:

Open Program Planner
Sign in using your UQ username and password or ‘start plan as guest’
Search for your program using the program name or program code (for example: ‘Bachelor of Mathematics’ or ‘2460’)
Add courses to your planner as required

Refer to the relevant ‘Program and course requirements’ page for the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete the program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Program requirements - 2021

The following planner is for students who commenced their program in 2021.

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 85KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Semester 1 Commencement (February intake)

1^st Semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
FINM7401 Finance	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7039 Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7091 Financial Calculus	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 2 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II]	Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C')

2^nd Semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7049 Computation in Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 6 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory ]	Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C')

3^rd Semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7012 Project or Thesis (8 units)	Part D
OR MATH7013³ Minor Project A (4 units) AND choose 4 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II MATH7015⁴ Mini Project A ]	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D') Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C') and/or Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')

Course offered in even years only.
Course offered in odd years only.
Students interested in further Minor Project studies can also complete MATH7014.
Students interested in further Mini Project studies can also complete MATH7016.

Semester 2 Commencement (July intake)

1^st semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
FINM7401 Finance	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7049 Computation in Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 4 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7201 Applications of Scientific Computing¹ MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory ]	Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C')

2^nd semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7039 Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7091 Financial Calculus	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 4 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II ]	Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C')

3^rd semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7012 Project or Thesis (8 units)	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')
OR MATH7013³ Minor Project A (4 units) AND choose 4 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory MATH7015⁴ Mini Project A ]	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D') Program Elective Courses (Previously 'Part C') and/or Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')

Course offered in even years only.
Course offered in odd years only.
Students interested in further Minor Project studies can also complete MATH7014.
Students interested in further Mini Project studies can also complete MATH7016.

Program Requirements

Study planners are useful guides for successful progression through the program. Students must follow the program rules and requirements listed on the Programs and Courses website.

Students are required to check the prerequisites, incompatibilities and restrictions for all courses they select in their study plan. Future course offerings are subject to change.

Refer to the relevant study planner from the year and semester the program was commenced.

2024

2024 Masters Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

2023

2023 Masters Semester 1 or Semester 2 commencement

Program requirements - 2022

To plan courses for your program, please:

Open Program Planner
Sign in using your UQ username and password or ‘start plan as guest’
Search for your program using the program name or program code (for example: ‘Bachelor of Mathematics’ or ‘2460’)
Add courses to your planner as required

Refer to the relevant ‘Program and course requirements’ page for the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete the program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Program requirements - 2021

The following planner is for students who commenced their program in 2021.

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 86KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

Semester 1 Commencement (February intake)

1^st Semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
CSSE7030 Introduction to Software Engineering	Compulsory Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
MATH7000 Calculus & Linear Algebra II	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
STAT7003 Mathematical Probability	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
MATH7039 Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')

2^nd Semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7100 Applied Mathematical Analysis	Compulsory Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
FINM7401 Finance	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7049 Computation in Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 2 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory]	Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C')

3^rd Semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7091 Financial Calculus	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 6 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II ]	Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C')

4^th Semester (July – November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7012 Project or Thesis (8 units)	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')
OR MATH7013³ Minor Project A (4 units) AND choose 4 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory MATH7015⁴ Mini Project A ]	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D') Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C') and/or Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')

Course offered in even years only.
Course offered in odd years only.
Students interested in further Minor Project studies can also complete MATH7014.
Students interested in further Mini Project studies can also complete MATH7016.

Semester 2 Commencement (July intake)

1^st semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
CSSE7030 Introduction to Software Engineering	Compulsory Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
MATH7000 Calculus & Linear Algebra II	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
MATH7100 Applied Mathematical Analysis	Compulsory Foundational Course (Previously 'Part A')
FINM7401 Finance	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part B')

2^nd semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
STAT7003 Mathematical Probability	Elective Foundational Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7091 Financial Calculus	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
MATH7039 Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 2 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II ]	Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C')

3^rd semester (July - November)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7049 Computation in Financial Mathematics	Core Course (Previously 'Part B')
Choose 6 units from: [ COSC7500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science COSC7502 High-Performance Computing ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7390 Financial Econometrics FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7202 Advanced Topics in Operations Research MATH7405¹ Measure Theory ]	Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C')

4^th semester (February - June)
Course Code & Title	Requirements
MATH7012 Project or Thesis (8 units)	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')
OR MATH7013³ Minor Project A (4 units) AND choose 4 units from: [ COMP7703 Machine Learning ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics ECON7200 Economics of Financial Markets ECON7310 Elements of Econometrics ECON7350 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance FINM7402 Corporate Finance FINM7403 Portfolio Management FINM7405 Financial Risk Management FINM7406 International Financial Management MATH7232 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning STAT7304 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I STAT7504¹ Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I STAT7505² Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II MATH7015⁴ Mini Project A ]	Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D') Program Elective Course (Previously 'Part C') and/or Research Project Course (Previously 'Part D')

Course offered in even years only.
Course offered in odd years only.
Students interested in further Minor Project studies can also complete MATH7014.
Students interested in further Mini Project studies can also complete MATH7016.