Overview
MATH5335 is a honours and postgraduate coursework mathematics course. See the course overview below.
Units of credit: 6
Prerequisites: No formal prerequisites, but a knowledge of linear algebra, differential equations and statistics plus some computing experience is assumed.
Exclusions: MATH3311 (jointly taught with MATH5335)
Cycle of offering: Term 2
Graduate attributes: The course will enhance your research, inquiry and analytical thinking abilities.
More information: The Course outline will be made available closer to the start of term - please visit this website: www.unsw.edu.au/course-outlines
The course outline contains information about course objectives, assessment, course materials and the syllabus.
Important additional information as of 2023
UNSW Plagiarism Policy
The University requires all students to be aware of its policy on plagiarism.
For courses convened by the School of Mathematics and Statistics no assistance using generative AI software is allowed unless specifically referred to in the individual assessment tasks.
If its use is detected in the no assistance case, it will be regarded as serious academic misconduct and subject to the standard penalties, which may include 00FL, suspension and exclusion.
The Online Handbook entry contains up-to-date timetabling information.
If you are currently enrolled in MATH5335, you can log into UNSW Moodle for this course.
Course overview
Ultimately, finance is concerned with making definite numerical recommendations which frequently can only be obtained by analysing sophisticated models using high-speed computers. This course studies the design, implementation and use of computer programs to solve practical mathematical problems of relevance to finance, insurance and risk management.