Courses > Courses in 2008/09 (7. Cycle)
Second Semester (2008/09)
Duration: February 16, 2009 until May 30, 2009.
No lectures (Eastern Holiday): April 9, 2009 from 12.00 o'clock to April 18, 2009.
Further days free
of lectures
| Courses |
Class hours
per week |
ECTS
credits |
Lecturer(s) |
Time |
Location |
UZH
cata-
logue
number |
ETH
catalogue
number |
I. Mandatory Courses |
|
Advanced Corporate Finance II
|
2h |
3 |
Prof. Dr. Michel Habib |
Tue. 10.15-12.00, Details
|
UZH,
SOD-1-101
|
360
|
401- 8916- 00 |
Mathematical Finance and Derivatives
|
3h |
4.5 |
Prof. Dr. Marc Chesney
|
Mon. 13.15-16.00,
Details
|
UZH,
PLM 103/104
|
401 |
401-
8908-
00 |
| |
II. Elective/Specialized Courses Participants need to follow at least one
between two distinct orientations (A) and (B). All courses within one specialization are mandatory. |
| (A) Risk Management |
|
Term Structures and Credit Risk Models**
|
3h |
6 |
Prof. Dr. Semyon Malamud
|
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|
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|
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|
401- 4916- 00 |
|
An Introduction to Copulas
|
2h |
4 |
Dr.
Johanna Neslehova |
Wed. 13.15-15.00 |
ETH, HG E 1.1 |
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401- 4638- 08 |
| (B) Asset Management |
Theory of Banking and
Financial Intermediation
|
3h |
4.5 |
Prof. Dr. Urs Birchler
|
Mon. 09.00-12.00,
Details
|
UZH,
ZUI-BB-001
|
436 |
401-
8924-
00 |
Asset Allocations and Performance Measurement
|
2h |
3 |
Dr.
Nils Tuchschmid
|
Fri. 8.00-12.00,
Details
each 2 weeks,
Start 20.02.09.
|
UZH,
KOL-F-103
|
433
|
401-
8922-
00 |
III. Optional Courses
At least two optional courses with two hours of lectures per week are required for the completion of the program.
Possible courses are given in the following table, further optional courses were offered in the first semester;
other courses may
be taken upon request. |
Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance II: Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods
|
2h+1h |
6 |
Prof. Dr. Ch. Schwab
N. Hilber
|
Tue. 15.15-17.00 |
ETH, HG E 5 |
|
401-
4658-
00 |
| Thu. 15.15-16.00 |
ETH, HG E 5 |
|
Financial Engineering II |
2h+1h |
4.5 |
Prof. Dr. Paolo Vanini
|
Thu. 16.15-19.00,
Details
|
UZH,
KOL-G-209
|
376 |
|
| Topics of Applied Risk Management
|
2h |
3 |
Dr. Gerold Studer
|
Mo. 16.15-18.00,
Details
|
UZH,
KOL-F-123
|
424 |
|
| The Global Financial System and the Credit Crisis
|
2h |
3 |
Dr. Daniel Heller
|
Wed. 16.15-18.00,
Details
|
UZH,
RAI-H-041
|
436 |
|
|
Stochastic Processes & Stochastic Analysis |
4h+1h |
10 |
Prof. Dr. Martin Schweizer
|
Tue. 08.15-10.00 |
ETH, HG D 5.2 |
|
401- 3642-
00 |
| Thu. 8.15-10.00 |
ETH HG D 5.2 |
| Insurance Analytics
|
2h |
4 |
Dr. Peter Antal |
Mo. 10.15-12.00 |
ETH,
HG D 5.2
|
|
401-
3928- 00
|
| Economic Theory of Financial Markets
|
2h |
4 |
Dr. Mario Wüthrich |
Mon. 16.15-18.00 |
ETH,
HG D 7.1
|
|
401-
4920- 00
|
|
Computational Statistics |
3h+2h |
10 |
Prof. Dr. Peter Bühlmann
Dr. Martin Mächler
|
Thu. 13.15-15.00 |
ETH, HG E 3 |
|
401-
3632-
00 |
| Fri. 9.00-12.00 |
ETH, HG E 3 |
|
Quantitative Finance
|
2h |
3 |
Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas
|
Tue. 12.15-14.00
Details |
UZH,
SOD-1-104
|
414 |
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*Counts as mandatory course for the Specialisation Quantitative Finance and Risk Management.
**Already given in Fall Semester 2008.
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