University of Cape Town Quantitative Finance

The following is the schedule for the Quantitative Finance stream, taken from the Faculty of Commerce Student Handbook 2024.

Year 1	Course Name	NQF Credits	HEQSF Level
ACC1006F	Financial Accounting	18	5
BUS1036F	Evidence-based Management	18	5
CSC1015F	Computer Science 1015	18	5
ECO1010F	Microeconomics	18	5
MAM1000W	Mathematics I	36	5
BUS1003H	Introduction to Financial Risk	18	5
ACC2011S	Financial Reporting I	18	6
ECO1011S	Macroeconomics	18	5
STA1006S	Mathematical Statistics I	18	5

Year 2	Course Name	NQF Credits	HEQSF Level
CML1001F	Business Law I	18	5
ECO2003F	Microeconomics II	18	6
STA2004F	Statistical Theory & Inference	24	6
MAM2000W	Mathematics II	48	6
BUS2024H	Actuarial Science I: Financial Mathematics	18	6
ECO2004S	Macroeconomics II	18	6
FTX2024S	Corporate Financial Management	18	6
STA2005S	Linear Models	24	6

Year 3	Course Name	NQF Credits	HEQSF Level
BUS2033F/S	Professional Communication	18	6
BUS3039F	People Management	18	7
FTX3044F	Finance IIA	18	7
STA3041F	Markov processes & Time Series	36	7
STA3045F	Advanced Stochastic Processes	36	7
FTX3045S	Finance IIB	18	7
PHI2043S	Business Ethics	18	6
STA3043S	Decision Theory & GLM	36	7

Year 4	Course Name	NQF Credits	HEQSF Level
BUS4028F	Actuarial Science III: Financial Economics	18	8
FTX4086F	Alternative Investments	18	8
BUS4050W	Strategic Thinking	36	8
BUS4053H	Quantitative Finance Project	36	8
BUS4087S	Quantitative Finance Selected Topics	18	8
BUS4088S	Actuarial Science III: Assets	27	8