Curriculum (MScRIAA)

Curriculum

Students are required to complete 10 modules in one year of study. Each module bears three credits.

Core Courses (Five courses):

1. Principles of Risk Management
2. Economics and Business
3. Insurance Practice in Hong Kong and Mainland China
4. Risk Analysis and Modelling
5. Accounting and Financial Management in Financial Institutions

Elective Courses* (Any five):

1. Reinsurance, Risk Transfer and Risk Securitisation
2. Life and Health Insurance
3. Financial Planning and Services in Hong Kong and Mainland China
4. Property and Casualty Insurance
5. Insurance Law in Hong Kong and Mainland China
6. Financial Risk Management
7. Big Data Analytics for Risk Management and Insurance
8. Bond Market and Credit Risk Management
9. Seminars for Risk and Insurance Management
10. Life Contingencies and Insurance Mathematics
11. Ratemaking and Short-term Models
12. Derivative Securities (MScFIN elective course)
13. Venture Capital and Private Equity (MScFIN elective course)
14. Introduction to FinTech (MScFIN elective course)
15. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing and Sustainable Finance (MScFIN elective course)
16. Introduction to Python Programming (MAcc elective course)
    

* The offering of elective courses is subject to sufficient demand and faculty availability.