ME Course List

PSY4005 Final Year Project II (PSY)

毕业论文 II

This course is intended for students who want to carry out more in-depth research in their Final Year Project. Same as Final Year Project I, but it will be restricted to students who have academically performed very well in year 2 and year 3, and in Final Year Project I. Enrolment in this course requires the approval of the Programme Director. Students are required to independently carry out a scientific literature review, to critically appraise certain theories, concepts or beliefs, and to prepare students for a higher degree study

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STAT4005 Final Year Project II (STAT)

毕业论文 II

Students will undertake an individual project under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical experience of applying statistics and mathematics principles and techniques acquired from the course to the solution of real-life problems. The project demands careful planning and creative application of underlying theories and enabling technologies. A thesis and an oral presentation are required upon successful completion of the project. This course is open to Statistics majors only.

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FIN4063 Finance Internship

财务学实习

This course aims to provide students an opportunity to gain real-life working experience related to various issues and activities associated with an organization’s finance function or an institution in the financial industry. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will work in an organization as interns and complete work assignments that are primarily related to the organization’s activities related to financial management and/ or operations of a firm in the financial industry. The internship assignment is expected to take up no less than 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours of lecture at the College, and it may or may not be paid for. The internship also provides an opportunity for students to broaden their own experience beyond the limitations of their chosen discipline. Students will be assisted by UIC, but are responsible to find a suitable professional placement. The host organization will nominate a contact person for the student for the internship.

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ACCT4023 Financial Accounting Theory

财务会计理论

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge on financial accounting theory forming the foundation of accounting standards and practice. During the course, students will study and discuss contemporary and controversial issues in the financial accounting area. In addition, this course will introduce to students the mainstream of accounting research and some accounting research methodologies.

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COMP3183 Financial Computing

金融计算

This course aims to introduce students to the principles of computational finance and financial data analysis. The objective of this course is to explore various relations between computer science and finance

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FINM2043 Financial Engineering

金融工程

Financial engineering is the use of sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques to design, price, and hedge securities and portfolios. The aim and objective of this course is to learn applications of financial engineering, which includes development of derivative pricing techniques, use of derivative securities to reduce or eliminate risk, creation of new financial instruments to meet the changing needs of investors, and estimation of the risk of complex portfolios. Although traditionally concerned with derivative securities, financial engineering techniques are increasingly applied to fundamental securities.

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FINM3113 Financial Engineering Workshop

金融工程工作坊

This course introduces how to use python programming language to do data collection, storage, analysis and visualization. After studying this course, students will learn how to crawl data from the web, store data into database, perform statistical analysis, and visualize the result. Equipped with these skills, students can further analyse finance data, make predictions and do back testing. To take this course, students are required to have some basic background in computer programming.

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FIN4013 Financial Forecasting

金融预测

This course introduces students to investment forecasting techniques, which include technical analysis and time series methods. Class lectures will focus on the applications of these methods in forecasting stock prices, earnings, dividends, indices, sales and other economic variables. Students’ understanding of the issues arising from practical applications of financial forecasting will be enhanced by participation in case studies.

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FIN4053 Financial Markets in China

中国金融市场

This course is designed to help the students understand the issues faced by firms operating in China, and to deal with them in an efficient way. It examines the structure of financial system, the development of financial market, the regulation of capital market, the management of financial institutions, and the operation of corporations in China. Emphasis is placed on the general environment of financial market in China.

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FIN3073 Financial Mathematics

金融数学

Fundamental methods for formulating and solving financial models will be developed. Emphasis will be on defining the mathematical structure of problems and on practical computer methods for obtaining model solutions.

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FIN2013 Financial Planning and Investment Analysis

财务策划与投资分析

This course provides students with an understanding of basic investment products and financial planning techniques commonly used today. Various investment products will be introduced in this course, such as common stocks, fixed income securities, unit trust, derivatives, etc. Particular attention is given to forming a sound and executable financial plan.

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FIN4023 Financial Risk Management

财务风险管理

Initially much neglected by non-financial and financial institutions, risk management has become an increasingly important area of finance and nowadays attracts widespread attention in companies in various business sectors. This course will apply financial risk management methods using concepts from areas such as value at risk, derivatives, hedging and financial engineering. Some of the markets studied include commodities, stocks, bonds, and currencies. Analytical methods to quantity market risks, credit risks as well as operational risks will be covered in this course. This course aims to train future managers to use the framework to actively manage the financial risks their organisations face.

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FIN3023 Fixed Income Securities

定息证券

This objective of this course is to enable students to (1) explore various fixed-income securities and the methods for analysing them; and (2) discuss interest rate related derivative instruments and how to use these contracts to modify the exposures and enhance the yields of the fixed-income portfolios

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FINM3023 Fixed Income Securities and Their Derivatives

固定收益类证券及其衍生品

The aim of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the techniques of valuation of fixed income securities and their derivatives as well as management of fixed income investment portfolios. This course focuses on analytic tools used in bond portfolio management and interest rate risk management. These tools include yield curve construction, duration and convexity, and formal term structure models. The course covers the valuation of a wide variety of fixed income securities and derivatives including pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, forwards and options on fixed income securities, interest-rate swaps, floating-rate notes, and mortgages. It also develops tools for valuing and modelling the risk exposures of fixed income securities and their derivatives, with the ultimate goal of deploying these instruments in a corporate or financial risk management setting.

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FOOD4043 Food Biotechnology

食品生物技术

This course reviews traditional and current biotechnological applications and developments. Topics include traditional food biotechnology (such as western and oriental fermentation technology) and modern biotechnology (such as genetically engineered foods).

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