---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:42:26 +0100 From: Uwe Schmock <schmock(a)math.ethz.ch> Subject: Master of Science in Finance (in Zurich/Switzerland) Announcement ------------ The ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) and the University of Zurich are jointly launching the new degree program *** Master of Science in Finance *** It is an intense two-semester program of courses followed by a master's thesis. Mandatory courses: - Mathematical Foundations in Discrete and Continuous Time - Financial Economics (incl. Corporate Finance) - Empirical Methods for Finance - Financial Institutions and Financial Markets - Financial Theory and Asset Pricing - Derivatives and Financial Engineering - Insurance Analytics Specializations (choose A or B): (A) Quantitative Finance and Risk Management - Risk Management - Term Structures and Credit Risk Models - Quantitative Methods for Risk Management (B) Asset Management - Asset Allocations and Performance Measurement - Theory of Banking and Financial Intermediation - Behavioral Finance or Empirical Methods Optional Courses: - Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance - Real Options and Commodities - International Finance - Incomplete Markets: Further Developments - Economics of Insurance (Other courses may be taken upon request.) Language: The entire program will be taught in English so that international as well as Swiss graduate students can attend. Target students: Undergraduates with an economics and/or a science background (mathematics, physics, engineering) and practitioners who feel that they need additional and more specialized training in financial economics and in quantitative methods for finance. Please visit http://www.msfinance.ch/ for a list of the teaching faculty members, a more detailed description of the curriculum, the application procedure and further details. Please tell your colleagues and students about the new program; feel free to forward this email. You can use the two slides at http://www.msfinance.ch/misc/MSc_Finance_Slides.pdf in your class. With best regards, Uwe Schmock (Director MSc Finance Program) Financial and Insurance Mathematics: http://www.math.ethz.ch/finance/ Master of Science in Finance: http://www.msfinance.ch/ RiskLab: http://www.risklab.ch/ Home page: http://www.math.ethz.ch/~schmock/