msc summary brochure 2012

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www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

London.

Business.Masters.Specialist Masters Programme

Summary brochure


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Stand out inthe real world

Student intakeby geographical region

01 United Kingdom 15%

02 RestofEurope 33%

03 Asia 40%

04 Americas 5%

05 Arica 4%

06 MiddleEast 3%

MSc facts

1,300students Averageage24 41%women 100nationalities.

Cass Business School oers you: Agreatlocationinwhichtolive,

study and ind career opportunities Awidechoiceoffull-timeandpart-time

specialist Masters programmes High-qualityteachingdirectlyrelevant

to your proessional career basedin stimulating, modern acilities

Proactivecareersupportandadvicerightrom the start and throughout your course

Superblocalandglobalnetworkingopportunities through our linkswith alumni, leading employersand institutions.

Forinformationandupdatespleaselogon

toourFacebook(cassofficial)andTwitter(@Cassinthenews)pages.

Meet Us

We hold a regular programme o InormationSessions, One-to-ones and Masterclasses hereat Cass and also in cities around the world.Visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/eventsor the current schedule o events.

We look forward to welcoming you at Cass.

A specialist Masters degree is a highly sought aterqualication, helping you to move orward on yourcareer path and gain a good grounding in businessknowledge. It is an important investment in your careerandyourfuture.CassisoneofEuropesleadingbusinessschools and we believe it should be your rst choice.

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Cass Business School has a rolling admissions policy:you can apply for one of our specialist Masters programmesat any time in the year before you plan to start. In mostcases we let you know if you have a place within six weeksof receiving your application.

When to apply

Applying early maximises your chanceof a place. You are strongly recommendedto apply before 1 May for the best chanceof gaining admission to one of our courses.After this time, courses begin to fill quickly.

Visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters orcontact the MSc Admissions Officedirectly for more information.

Admission requirements

To support your application you will need: Anundergraduatedegreewitha

minimum 2.1 or higher UK equivalent ProofofproficiencyinEnglish

(awellbalancedIELTSscoreof 7.0 with no less than 6.5 inwritingorTOEFLscore107)

Twoconfidentialreferences(academicorprofessional)

Youruniversitytranscriptand confirmation of professionalqualifications

ForaMastersinaquantitativesubject you should have a firstdegree in a numerical discipline

Allcandidatesforthefollowingcourses must take the GMAT*: MSc in ManagementMScinFinance

TheGMATisstronglyrecommendedforthe MScs in Banking and InternationalFinance,InternationalAccountingandFinance,InvestmentManagementandCorporateFinance.

Sources o unding

We appreciate that a Masters degree isasignificantinvestment.EachyearCassmakes scholarship funds available foroutstanding applicants on each of thespecialist Masters courses.

Scholarships are worth between 1,500and 20,000. Applications for scholarshipsand awards are considered on a competitivebasis. To qualify you must demonstratehigh academic calibre and be in needof financial assistance. In addition, Cassalumni have generously created severalscholarships related to particular courses.

We aim to make decisions on scholarshipsas early as possible, but some decisionsmay not be made until July or Augusteachyear.Formoreinformationonscholarships and how to apply, please

visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/unding-your-study

Eachyear,theBritishGovernmentoffers scholarships to overseas studentsfor postgraduate study in Britain underthe Chevening Scholarships Scheme.A number of our international studentshave been successful on this scheme.FordetailsoftheCheveningScholarships

visit www.co.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/scholarships/chevening

UK-based students can apply for a CareerDevelopmentLoantohelpfinancetheirstudies.Formoreinformationonthisloanscheme visit www.lielonglearning.co.uk/cdl or call +44 (0)800 585 505.

Getting intoCass BusinessSchool

Application details

To apply online go to:www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/applyor contact:

MSc Admissions OfceCass Business School

106 Bunhill RowLondonEC1Y8TZ

Tel:+44(0)2070408600

*The GMAT is one of severaladmission criteria andis mandatory for theMSc in Finance and MSc

in Management. We lookfor a well balanced scorein the range of 600-800.


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Cassslocationisadecisiveadvantageor your study and career search. No otherEuropeanbusinessschoolhasasmanyFortune500companiesonitsdoorstep.These companies visit the School regularlyto give presentations about what they doand ofer advice and insights, invaluableor your job search. They also participate atour careers airs, ofering great opportunitiesto gather inormation and network.

CasssextensivelinkswithbusinessinLondonalsoprovideagoodsourceofcourse projects. This not only developsstudentslearning,butcanalsoopendoorsto jobs even beore they are advertised.

Londonisanexcitingandcosmopolitanplacetolive,withsomeoftheworldsbest known monuments, museums and artgalleries, as well as music, theatre, nightlieand restaurants. There is a vibrant studentcommunity at Cass and the rich internationalmix oers a particularly stimulatinglearning experience and social lie.

Choice, quality andprofessional relevance

Cass oers one o the widest choices oull-time and part-time specialist MastersprogrammesinEurope.Specialisttrainingin inance, real estate, management,actuarial sciences, insurance, shipping,energy and supply chain is backed by worldclass teaching, research and resources.In particular, Cass has one o the largestfinancefacultysinEurope,offeringcourses in accounting, banking, valuation,asset management and expert teachingin other niche inancial disciplines.

Many o our courses oer proessionalexemptions which ast track your career.Forexample,doingourone-yearMScinActuarial Science course saves you our

years o training or proessional qualiications.

At Cass the teaching approach integratessta lectures, case studies, group work andmost importantly, student participation.This integrated approach and the widemix o student backgrounds makes or

challenging classroom discussions,as well as an international perspectivethat employers increasingly value.

The School possesses the sought-atertriplecrowngoldstandardinbusinesseducation which comprises AMBA, EQUISand AACSB accreditation. This places Cassin an elite group o global business schools.

TheCFAInstituteisaprogrammepartnerwith the MSc in Banking and InternationalFinance,MScinFinance,MScinInternationalAccountingandFinance,MSc in Investment Management and MSc inCorporateFinance.TheMScinManagement

isaccreditedbyAMBA(AssociationofMBAs).Outstanding modern facilities

Openedin2003,theBunhillRowbuildingis a bright and lexible space designed toencourage a ree low o people and ideas.

TheCyrilKleinwortLearningResourceCentrecombines library and computing servicesto support all business and managementteaching, learning and research. As well asbooks and journals, students can access manyspecialist databases, including sources orcompany data and economic inormation.

There is computer access throughout the

Resource Centre and in every lecture room.Students can also link into the wirelessnetwork throughout the building.

A large proportion o our students move intocareers in the inancial services sector whereunderstanding how to use dealing screens is akey skill. Our Thomson Reuters and Bloombergtrading rooms complement classroom-basedstudybysimulatingtradinginrealtime.

Clubs and societies

Students are encouraged to create andparticipate in a range o clubs and societies.Currently there are about 40 activeclubs which all into the broad interest

areas o business, sport and culture.

They include Cass Women in Business,TheMarketingSociety,TheEntrepreneurialSociety,TheActuarialSociety,TheFinance

A great location,a unique experience

Reerred to as the best located businessschoolinEurope,CassisideallyplacedinthecentreofLondonsnancialdistrict,closetotheBankofEngland.

A realperspective

Get [email protected]+44(0)2070408641

Name:KaranPuri

Country: India

Course: MSc in Banking

andInternationalFinance

Cass ocuses on hands-on,practical experience along witha sound theoretical basis. Mostlecturers on the course were stillpart o the industry, thereorethey were able to provide uswith relevant, practical casestudies, whilst linking this toacademic thinking.

The programme provided

me with the basis or myresearch. I am very interestedin und management and, uponcompletion o my studies innance, I would like to orgea career in absolute returntracker unds and hedge unds.


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Society,TheM&ASociety,TheLatin American Society, The Nordic Society,TheIndianSociety,LGBTgroup,SalsaClasses,TheFilmSociety,aswellasthefollowingsportingclubs:Football,Basketball,Tennis,Badminton, Cricket, Squash and Chess.

These provide students with the opportunityto extend their soter skills, to make newriends and to network with people romother courses as well as providing some lightrelie rom their academic commitments.

A year-round focuson your career

Competition or the best jobs is intense

so you must work hard to stand out romthe crowd. One o the eatures unique

to the specialist Masters programme at

Cass is that we encourage you to start

your job search the day you arrive.

The Cass Careers team works with you to

help connect you with potential employers,

to create powerul CVs and to prepare and

practise or interviews and presentations.

There are year-round workshops

and events with industry experts

and recruitment proessionals who are

available to advise all specialist Masters

students upon vital business skills.

Cass Careers Online holds all the tools

to help you manage your career and

the challenging recruitment process.

I you are uncertain about which career is right

or you, our careers team will help you ocus

on your strengths and interests and devise

a strategy to pursue the best career path.

Cass alumni

Cass alumni orm a powerul and expanding

network o prominent people in leading

organisations worldwide there are now

over35,000withinanetworkspanning

over 160 countries.

We constantly invest in building

our alumni network through a wide

range o events, publications, special

interest groups, international groupsand online communications.

Our alumni team organises over 60 annualevents in the UK and worldwide. Wherever

your career or personal lie takes you, youare likely to ind a ready-made local Cassalumni network to tap into. All o our alumniand students are invited to sign up to theOnline Community. This Cass resource addsenormous value to alumni by acilitatingonline networking, helping alumni makenew connections and allowing them toaccess the many beneits and services.

AskAlumniisaserviceofferedtoCass

students and alumni, allowing them tosearch or and contact alumni by sector,company, location, course and year attendedor careers and other advice. The serviceallows students and alumni to liaise directlywithAskAlumnivolunteers,whoarepart o our worldwide alumni network.

Alumni are also entitled to return toCass to continue their education withContinuingProfessionalDevelopmentcourses and are provided with continuedaccess to library resources.

Ourregularalumnie-bulletinTheHubupdates alumni on events and news rom

ellow alumni and the School. Our eventsare an ideal opportunity to hear the latestideas and views rom leading businessexperts and senior igures, and networkwith aculty and ellow alumni. In additiontotheeventsrunbyCasssalumniteam,alumni and students set up and organiseSpecialInterestGroupsthemselves.Thesecentre on speciic industries or topics andare an excellent orum or networking.

Pleasevisitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/alumnior more inormation and a taste ocurrent events and reunions worldwide.

A realperspective


Name:ChristinaEmseis

Country: Cyprus

Course: MSc in Supply Chain,TradeandFinance

A amily riend studying atCass last year recommendedthe programme to me.

Although I ound myunder-graduate courseinteresting, it was extremelybroad and I was unsure o thearea o business I wanted tospecialise in. This course hasdeinitely given me guidance

towards an area o business thatI would thoroughly enjoy. I aimto be a high lyer. I would liketo work or an organisation togain experience and eventuallystart my own business.

I believe the programmewill open up wider careeropportunities or me andallow me to excel in the areao Supply Chain Management.

Quality at CassIntheUKsmostrecentResearchAssessmentExercise(RAE),Cassisranked in the top 10 business schools or business and managementresearch: 90% o our research is o international signicance and55% is internationally excellent. This rating is your assurance that allteaching at Cass is underpinned by the latest cutting-edge research,with our lecturers creating and imparting the most up-to-dateknowledge in their eld.


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MSc in Real Estate

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/realestate

This course is aimed at those students whowish to develop a career in the real estateindustry but may be unsure o the directionthey wish to take. It allows students entryinto a wide variety o career paths.

It is designed to provide a broad backgroundin real estate investment, appraisal anddevelopment. The core modules providecoverage o a wide variety o areas in

real estate, including real estate inance,valuation, development, market analysisand economics.

Your routes to business success

ThisRealEstatecourseisaccreditedby the Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors(RICS),andenablesgraduatestobegintheRICSAssessmentofProfessionalCompetence(APC)qualification.Alumniofthiscoursehave gone on to senior roles in a range oproperty management and consultancybusinesses, as well as inancial institutions.

Full-time

Term one PropertyValuation RealEstateEconomics RealEstateAssetManagement QuantitativeTechniquesinInvestment.

Term two

RealEstateInvestmentandFinancialAnalysis

Pleaseselectthreeoftheollowing modules**: RealEstateFinance InternationalRealEstate LandlordandTenantLaw RealEstateDevelopmentandPlanning

AppliedValuationandTaxation.Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand three electives*.

MSc in Real EstateInvestment

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscrei

This course is aimed at those studentswishing to enter or advance their careersin the ields o real estate investmentmanagement, real estate inance andthe securitised real estate markets.

The course combines the rigour o amainstream inance programme withthe direct application o inancial theoryand techniques in a real estate context.

It deals extensively with the growth in thesecuritisedrealestatemarketsofRealEstateInvestment Trusts and Mortgage BackedSecurities. It also examines the growing realestate derivatives market. The programmeis designed or students with relevantundergraduate degrees or work experienceand strong quantitative skills.


ThisRealEstatecourseisaccreditedby the Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors(RICS),andenablesgraduatestobegintheRICSAssessmentofProfessionalCompetence(APC)qualification.Alumniofthiscourse

have gone on to senior roles in a rangeo property management and consultancybusinesses, as well as inancial institutions.TheMScinRealEstateInvestmentcourseoers a clear route or entry to theInvestmentPropertyForumintheUK.

Full-time

Term one

InvestmentMarkets QuantitativeTechniques RealEstateEconomics RealEstateInvestment

andFinancialAnalysis.

Term two PortfolioRiskManagement RealEstateCapitalMarkets RealEstateModellingand

Market Dynamics RealEstateDebtMarkets.

Term three


Real Estate

*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/mastersor call +44 (0)20 7040 8606

** Modules musthave a minimum of15 students to run

A realperspective


Name:WillElgood

Country: UK

Course: MSc inRealEstateInvestment

I heard about Cass throughseveral ormer colleagues whohad studied here. The MSc enjoysa vastly superior reputation inthe market compared to thoseoered by other institutions.

Beore starting the course I wasworking in real estate advisoryand transaction support. I choseto study or the MSc as the creditcrunch oered me an opportunityto relect on my personal goals

and requirements or my nextcareer phase. The scope o thecourse resulted in my studyingmore general aspects o inance,portolio management andquantitative analysis, whichare ar more advanced thananything I have been exposedto in a work environment.


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MSc in Insuranceand Risk Management

Full-time and part-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/irm

Management o risk is now a key issue or allmajor irms. Business risk takes many orms,including luctuations in currencies, interestrates and commodity prices; threats tophysical assets rom earthquake, windstormand other natural perils; man-made threatso terrorism, raud and criminality, plusa host o urther operational risks thatsurround all commercial enterprises.

The course explores this world o risk andthe growing relationship between insurance,risk management and inancial services.ForapplicantswhoalreadyholdaCIIAdvanced Diploma there is a special asttrackJanuarystart,givingexemptionrom the irst term o the MSc.


Graduates rom the MSc in Insurance andRisk Management programme hold positionsin many top companies worldwide, includingmajor insurers and re-insurers, international

insurancebrokers,LloydsofLondon,investment and retail banks, accountancyirms, management consultancies andindustrial corporations.

Full-time

Term one

InsuranceLawandRegulation PrinciplesofFinanceand

FinancialAnalysis RiskManagement TheoryofRiskandInsuranceMarkets.

Term two

AccountingandFinancialManagement in Insurance

BusinessOrganisationand

Corporate Strategy in InsuranceandFinancialServices

GeneralInsurance RiskAnalysisandModelling.

Term three


MSc in Actuarial Science

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/actscience

The course is aimed at highly numeratestudents who wish to pursue actuarial careersin insurance, inance, consultancy andrelated areas. An actuary is a proessionalwho applies mathematical and statisticaltechniques to inancial problems.

This ast track study route allows studentsto gain proessional qualiications beoreembarking upon their career.

This course is also aimed at actuarialtrainees and associates. Up to eightexemptions can be gained rom the currentsystem o proessional examinationsoftheInstituteandFacultyofActuaries, which is just over hal o the examinationsrequiredforFellowship,therebysavingseveral years o study.


The actuarial proession is a small buthighly respected body, whose membersare among the highest paid in the UK.Cass graduates work or a variety oemployers, including insurance companies,

investment and retail banks, actuarialconsultancies, plus government andnon-government organisations.

Full-time

Term one

FinancialMathematics(CT1)FinanceandFinancialReporting(CT2)ProbabilityandMathematical

Statistics(CT3)Economics(CT7).

Term two

Modelling(CT4)Contingencies(CT5)StatisticalMethods(CT6)FinancialEconomics(CT8).

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand one elective*

OrFiveelectives*.

Actuarial/Insurance

MSc in Actuarial Management


www.cass.city.ac.uk/actman

This course has been designed in view o theneeds o actuarial employers and employersrom other sectors requiring inancial riskmanagers. Cass aims to produce highly skilledactuarialprofessionals.Emphasisisplacedon skills in the areas o lie and non-lieinsurance, pensions, inance and investment.

This course is accredited by the UK ActuarialProfession,enablingstudentstostudythekey areas o actuarial practice in an academicenvironment and to gain exemptions romtheCoreApplicationsConcept(CA1)andSpecialistTechnical(ST1-ST8)subjects oftheInstituteandFacultyofActuaries. In addition, lexible course structure allowsstudents to gain exemptions rom outstandingCoreTechnicalsubjectsCT2,4,5,6and8.


Cass graduates work or a variety o employers,including insurance companies, investmentand retail banks, actuarial consultancies, plusgovernment and non-government organisations.

Full-time

Term one

Compulsory modules in: ActuarialRiskManagement(CA1)Part1Elective modules in: LifeInsurance(ST2) PensionsandOtherBenefits(ST4) GeneralInsuranceReserving

andCapitalModelling(ST7) FinanceandFinancialReporting(CT2)**.

Term two

Compulsory modules in: ActuarialRiskManagement(CA1)Part2Elective modules in:

HealthandCare(ST1) FinanceandInvestmentA(ST5) FinanceandInvestmentB(ST6) GeneralInsurancePricing(ST8) Modelling(CT4)** Contingencies(CT5)** StatisticalMethods(CT6)** FinancialEconomics(CT8)** Model Documentation. Analysis

andReporting(CA2).

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectand one elective*

Or

Fiveelectives*.Part-time schedule for the MScin Actuarial Management courseamounts to one full study dayattendance per week

**Subject to availability as hosted byMSc in Actuarial Science

*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go towww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters


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MSc in Management

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/management

ThiscourseisbasedonanMBA-stylecurriculum. It is academically rigorous andhighly practical, oering graduates roma variety o backgrounds the opportunityto develop knowledge and skills in keyareasofmodernmanagement.ThisAMBA(associationofMBAs)accreditedcourseallows you to tailor your studies to suit

your particular interests and ambitions.You will acquire the most up-to-date,

cutting edge knowledge in all managementdisciplines. Furthermore, you will be taughtpractical skills such as working with others,leadership, decision making, communication,managing conlict and job interviewtechniques, complementing theacademic elements o the course.

The irst term ocuses on a range otheories which come rom Casss worldrenown aculty, as well as rameworksand management tools. You will beasked to select one o the ollowingareas to specialise in: Entrepreneurship,Marketing, Strategic Management or

SupplyChain***.Intermthreeyouwill urther specialise in these areas.

The Entrepreneurship stream is or aspiringentrepreneurs in all sectors who want togain a grounding in developing innovativebusiness ideas, begin their own venture or

become part o a new, growing business.

The Marketing stream recognises the centralrole played by marketing in organisationsand is aimed at students who want to studymanagement with a marketing ocus. Thisstream teaches strategic marketing conceptsbyusingalearning-by-doingapproach.

The Strategic Management stream is orthose looking to develop their analyticalskills, whilst dealing with advanced strategicissues with an international context.

Your routes to business successThe MSc in Management is an extremely

versatile qualiication, oering access toa wide range o careers in strategy andmarketing roles. We have demonstratedsuccess in helping our students to gain awide range o careers in the corporate andconsulting world. The Entrepreneurshipstream can help budding entrepreneurswho want to develop their own innovativebusiness ideas, or those wishing to pursuea career in their amily business.

Full-time

Induction: Workshop in Management

Term one Core modules Accounting Finance BusinessEconomics OrganisationalBehaviour PrinciplesofMarketing QuantitativeMethodsforBusiness StrategicAnalysis.

Term two Core modules

SupplyChainAnalysis InternationalFinance LeadershipandChange ResearchMethodsforBusiness.

Management

Find out moreCall 44 (0)20 7040 8600 or visitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

Term two Specialist modules

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship101

EntrepreneurialManagementOrMarketing ConsumerBehaviour MarketingStrategySimulationOrStrategic Management AdvancedStrategyAnalysis StrategicRiskandControl

Exciting new specialisation or the2013-14 intake: Supply Chain***

Term three Core modules

BusinessandSociety ConsultingProject

PracticeofManagement BusinessResearchProject

Term three Specialist modules

Entrepreneurship HighGrowthEntrepreneurshipOrMarketing BrandManagementOrStrategic Management GlobalStrategyOr Supply Chain***

Optional

Endofyearinternationaltrip/BusinessPlanCompetition

Students must also select a furthertwo electives from a selection ofmodules including: BrandManagement ConsultingSkills CustomerServiceRelationship

Management DigitalMarketing FamilyBusiness InformationSystems IslamicFinance AirTransport MergersandAcquisitions OperationalRiskManagement StrategiesofFastTrackVenturing.

Full-time courses take anacademic year to complete.

**Electives are sharedwith other courses andmay be subject to change.

***Module details availablefrom spring 2013.For more information aboutscholarships, please visit

www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/funding-your-study


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Find out more

Call44(0)2070408600orvisitwww.cass.city.ac.uk/masters

Energy/Shipping

MSc in Energy,Trade and Finance

MSc in Shipping,Trade and Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/tradefinance

The International Centre or Shipping,TradeandFinanceatCass,whichprovidesteaching to these two MSc degrees, wasestablishedin1983,introducinganewintegrated and unique approach to globalbusiness. Recognised internationally orits educational excellence, the Centredemonstrates its commitment to the globalbusiness community, as well as students,by organising conerences, symposiaand seminars eaturing leading igures incommerce, inance and industry, as well asgovernment and international organisations.In addition, the Centre is internationallyknown or its research, teaching andinternational dialogue in the areas o energyeconomics, shipping inance, shipping riskinance, commodity inance, commoditytrade, inancial and commodity riskmodelling and management.

These courses are designed to enablestudents to operate at the highest levels ointernational business, including banking

and inance, shipping, transport, logistics,energy and other related sectorsand industries.

The MSc in Energy, Trade and Finance isvalidatedbytheEnergyInstituteandstudentscan become members ater graduating.The MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance

is validated by the Institute o CharteredShipbrokers. Graduates will be grantedexemptions rom various examinationso the Institute.


TheCentresreputationforeducationalexcellenceandlocationintheCityofLondon the nexus o the global inancial, maritime,insurance and commodity trading industries oer graduates unparalleled networkingandjobseekingopportunities.Fromatotalofover1,900graduatestodate,35%areworkingin banking and inance,29%inshipping,13%in trade, industry and manuacturing and 6%

in consultancy. The remainder work in othersectors including law, academia, governmentand international organisations.

Full-time

Term one

Compulsory ManagerialAccounting PrinciplesofFinance QuantitativeMethods

Path choice

InternationalEconomicsor Shipping MSc

Or EnergyEconomicsfortheEnergyMSc

And either

ShippingEconomicsforShippingMSc

Or OilandEnergyTransportationandLogistics

forEnergyMSc.

Term two

Compulsory AdvancedQuantitativeMethods CorporateFinance FinancialMarkets

Path choice

Choose either InternationalCommodityTrade or Shipping MSc

Or PowerMarketsfortheEnergyMSc

And one o the ollowing related to your course

ShippingInvestmentandFinanceOr OilandEnergyTrading

EconomicsandFinance.

Term three

BusinessResearchProjectandoneelective*Or Fiveelectives*.

Full-time courses take an

academic year to complete.

*To view the list of electivesfor these courses please visit


A realperspective

Name:AnnaPotkina

Country: Russia

Course: MSc in InternationalAccountingandFinance

AtCassscareersfairsIlearnedabout companies in the UKnancial markets, and therewere a number o really largecompanies I had never heardo beore. It was a antasticopportunity to learn about thegraduate programmes companieshave and to nd out who they arelooking to recruit. Interestingly,at the careers air I could askcompany representatives aboutthe type o questions I could beasked later at my job interviews.

I took a number o one-to-onesessionswithCassscareersadvisers to polish my CV. I alsoattended presentations andinterview skills sessions at Cassand read presentations on howto write covering letters onthe Cass careers website.

I took one-to-one sessionsto improve my interview skillsand to learn to identiy my weakpoints, which may be visible tointerviewers, so I could workon improving them.

These sessions were really helpul.I took a lot o them because therewas a lot o work to be done.I must coness that I evolved into adiferent personality at Cass as myoverall attitude to the recruitmentprocess changed. I now know howto write a CV that sells itsel, knowwhat answers interviewers wantto hear and why networking isa winning ormula.


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MSc in QuantitativeFinance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/qf

This course is designed to give studentsa sound understanding o the quantitativeaspects o inance, used both by practitionersand academics. It ocuses on topics such aseconometrics, orecasting and risk modellingand covers the inancial instruments and theinancial theory rom a mathematical andpractical point o view. It also provides studentswith knowledge o various computer sotwareand programming languages such as Matlab.


Students rom this MSc are suitable or a numbero roles in the inancial industry requiringextensive and in-depth market analysis, or or acareer in asset management. Graduates rom theMScinQuantitativeFinancearealsoequippedto continue their postgraduate studies with aPhDinanyareaofquantitativefinance.

Term one Core modules

AssetPricing NumericalMethods1:Foundations Derivatives FoundationsofEconometrics.


FixedIncomeSecurities NumericalMethods2:

ApplicationstoFinance RiskAnalysis EconometricsofFinancialMarkets.


BusinessResearchProjectandone elective*

Or Fiveelectives*.

MSc in FinancialMathematics

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/fm

This course gives you the tools necessary toundertake high-quality research in both inancialand academic institutions. This will includeinancial theory and mathematical modelling,along with stochastic calculus and programmingwhich are then applied or asset pricing, interestrates modelling and risk management. Thisprogramme is rigorous with respect to themathematics but also links the theory withreal world developments.


Graduates rom this MSc will be equipped orroles involving the development o pricing andrisk management models and their testing, or ora career as a risk analyst or quantitative analyst.TheMScinFinancialMathematicsalsoprovidesa solid platorm or urther postgraduate studies,suchasaPhDinmathematicalfinance.

Term one Core modules

AssetPricing NumericalMethods1:Foundations MathematicalModelsfor

FinancialDerivatives StochasticCalculus.


FixedIncomeSecurities NumericalMethods2:

ApplicationstoFinance RiskAnalysis AdvancedStochasticModelling

MethodsinFinance.



Or Fiveelectives*.

MSc in MathematicalTrading and Finance


www.cass.city.ac.uk/mtf

This course combines academic rigour with astrong practical orientation. It oers students,who already possess excellent appliedmathematical skills, a solid oundation ininancial mathematical theory and practice.

This enables them to participate ully in theever-changing derivatives markets, whereinancial innovation and globalisation havecreated new investment opportunities, risksand instruments. Students acquire a soundknowledge o mathematical inance, stochastic

calculus, derivatives valuation, inancialengineering, quantitative risk modelling,numerical methods and econometrictechniques. The use o TraderMade, a marketleadingplatform/database,enhancesthestudentslearningexperienceonthiscourse.


Students go on to pursue a wide rangeo careers in derivatives trading and riskmanagement,withmanyoftheworldsleading inancial institutions.

Full-time

Term one Core modules AdvancedFinancialEconometrics Derivatives1 QuantitativeAssetPricing MathematicalFinanceand

Stochastics Calculus.


Derivatives2 NumericalMethods RiskAnalysisandModelling StructuredEquityandEnergyDerivatives.



Or Fiveelectives*.

Quantitative Finance


*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go to


For more information aboutscholarships, please visit

www.cass.city.ac.uk/masters/funding-your-study


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Finance

MSc in InvestmentManagement

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscim

This demanding but highly rewarding courseleads to a broad range o career opportunitieswithin the inancial sector. Students acquire asound knowledge o the theoretical oundationso modern investment and risk managementtechniques by applying these principles inpractice through case studies and the use o ourBloomberg and Thomson Reuters trading rooms.


Graduates work as traders, und managers,risk managers, security analysts, brokers

and corporate treasurers.

Full-time

Term one

EquityAnalysis FixedIncome PortfolioTheory QuantitativeMethodsfor

Investment Management

Term two

AlternativeInvestments StructuredProducts AdvancedFinancialStatementAnalysis PortfolioManagement.

Term three Elective modules CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearch

Projectandoneelectiveorfiveelectives*.

MSc in Banking andInternational Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mscbif

This course recognises and relectsthe wide and sophisticated range oactivities within the banking sector.

Your routes to business successThe course MSc in Banking and InternationalFinanceisdesignedtoequipourstudentsor a very wide range o careers in banks, asportolio managers, in inance departmentso industrial and service companies, asconsultants, in central banks and as auditorsin multinational inancial organisations.

Full-time

Term one

FinanceandInvestmentsFinancialStatementAnalysis QuantitativeMethodsforFinance

CommercialandInvestmentBanking.Term two

CorporateFinance RiskManagement InternationalFinance

FixedIncomeandCurrencyDerivatives.

Term three Elective modules

CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearch

Projectandoneelectiveorfiveelectives*.

MSc in InternationalAccounting and Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/msciaf

This course aims at preparing graduatesor leading roles in the global investmentcommunity and within commercial entities.It provides students with a combined expertisein accounting and corporate inance. Startingwith the basic principles in accounting and

inance, the course demonstrates how to assessperormance and conduct valuation o irmsusing complex inancial and accounting data.


Graduates rom this course move into a range ocareers in the inancial sector, including roles asanalysts in accounting irms, corporate inance,auditing, regulatory bodies and consultancy.

Full-time

Term one

AppliedEmpiricalAccounting Finance1:CorporateFinanceandValuation FinancialReporting

StrategicCostManagement.Term two

FinancialStatementAnalysis AccountingInformationandCapitalMarkets InternationalFinancialManagement Finance2:AdvancedCorporateFinance.


CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearchProjectandoneelective,fiveelectives*or ICA certiicate.

MSc in Finance

Full-timewww.cass.city.ac.uk/mscfin

TheMScinFinanceaddressesarangeo inancial issues including: portoliomanagement, asset allocation, perormanceevaluation, behavioural inance, valuationo companies, raising capital, capitalstructure and dividends, mergers andacquisitions, cross-listing and oreignexchange management. Within term two,students take our core modules, twocompulsor and two chosen rom aurther our options.

In addition, students acquire in-depth

knowledge o statistics, accounting andinancial reporting. The course ocuseson inancial issues in all industry sectors.Students successully completing the MScinFinancemaybeeligibleforexemptionrom proessional examinations romthe CIMA and ACCA.


Our international body o graduates has movedinto a range o roles such as inancial analyst,risk manager and consultant, within areas such ascorporate inance, und management and banking.

Full-time

Term one

CorporateFinanceandValuation TheoryofFinance FinancialReporting StatisticsinFinance.

Term two

AssetManagement Derivatives&RiskManagementChoose two of the following: InternationalFinance FixedIncome M&A/PrivateEquity AdvancedCorporateFinance.


CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearchProjectandoneelectiveorfiveelectives*.

MSc in Corporate Finance

Full-time

www.cass.city.ac.uk/msccf

This course is based on our highly ranked MScinFinanceandwillgivestudentstheopportunity

to specialise in corporate inance, one o themost popular sectors o inancial services.


GraduatesfromtheMScinCorporateFinancewill move into a diverse range o inancial sectorcareers: investment banking, securities sales andtrading, oreign exchange, hedge unds, privatebanking, credit products, inancial and creditrisk management and consultancy.

Term one

CorporateFinanceandValuation FinancialReporting StatisticsinFinance

TheoryofFinance.

Term two

M&A/PrivateEquity AdvancedCorporateFinance CorporateRiskManagement FinancialStatementAnalysis.


CourserequireseitheraBusinessResearchProjectandoneelectiveorfiveelectives*.


*To view the list of electivesfor these courses go to



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Underground

Barbican, Liverpool Street,Moorgate, Old Street

Overground train

Barbican, Liverpool Street,Moorgate, Old Street

Bus route

4/55/66/ These buses goto Barbican Station, youthen have a short walkto Bunhill Row.

Other buses that

run near Barbican:8/11/17/26/35/4243/47/48/56/76/78100/133/141/149/153214/242/344

Pedestrians

Please use the mainentrance at Bunhill Row.

Parking

NCP Aldersgate157 170 Aldersgate,London EC1A 4HR

London Finsbury SquareFinsbury Squareunderground car park,London EC2A 1AD

Barbican Centre car parks

The Barbican Centre,London EC2Y 8DS

Key1. Cass Business School

(postgraduate)2. Northampton Square,

includingCass Business School(undergraduate)

3. Saddlers Sports Centre4. Francis Rowley Court5. Willen House6. Walter Sickert Hall

Cass Business School

In 2002, City Universitys Business

School was renamed Sir John Cass

Business School following a generous

donation towards the development

of its new building in Bunhill Row. The

Schools name is usually abbreviated

to Cass Business School.

Sir John Casss Foundation

Sir John Casss Foundation has supported

education in London since the 18th century

and takes its name from its founder, Sir

John Cass, who established a school in

Aldgate in 1710. Born in the City of London

in 1661, Sir John served as an MP for

the City and was knighted in 1713.

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