about Edinburgh/Heriot Watt MSc Financial Mathematics programme

[woshilichi]

I got an offer of this programme for the year 2015/2016.

Can anyone give me some advice on this programme? Is it a good programme in UK? Is the employment high for graduate of this programme? How do you think about the course content of this programme?

Thank you guys so much!!!

Here is a list of their available courses for the year 2015/2016: (refer to Edinburgh University website)

COMPULSORY COURSES
9 compulsory course(s).

Code Course Name Period Credits
MATH11056 Derivatives Markets Semester 1 7.5
MATH11153 Discrete-Time Finance Semester 1 10
MATH11065 Financial Markets Semester 1 15
MATH11058 Special Topics 1 Semester 1 7.5
MATH11154 Stochastic Analysis in Finance Semester 1 20
MATH11130 Credit Risk Modelling Semester 2 15
MATH11057 Derivative Pricing and Financial Modelling Semester 2 15
MATH11059 Special Topics 2 Semester 2 7.5
MATH11013 Dissertation (Fin. Math.) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60

COURSE OPTIONS
2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Overarching rule collection group: A
Select a minimum of 22.5 credits and a maximum of 35 credits from these collections:

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 15 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
Code Course Name Credits
MATH11070 Statistical Methods 15
MATH11129 Statistical Inference 7.5

Notes:SEMESTER 1 courses - please confirm delivery period using the course links
AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 35 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
Code Course Name Credits
MATH11062 Time Series Analysis 7.5
MATH11064 Financial Econometrics 7.5
MATH11068 Numerical Techniques of Partial Differential Equations 7.5
MATH11149 Portfolio Theory 15
MATH11158 Optimization Methods in Finance 10
MATH10015 Simulation 10