Introduction
Financial crises during the late 1990s have stimulated not only public interest in risk management, but also their awareness of its importance in today's investment environment. A good understanding of risk management is vital to many companies. Risk management is a highly quantified, scientific and methodological subject that is closely related to statistics. This programme is designed to fulfill the growing demand of expertise in this area.

1. Further qualifications for Admission:
  In addition to the general qualifications required for admission to the Graduate School, applicants should have majored in Risk Management Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or a related field.
  All applicants must also fulfill the "English Language Proficiency Requirement" as stipulated by the Graduate School before being considered for admission. Please refer to the "Postgraduate Prospectus 2007-2008" or Homepage (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss) for details on such requirement.
2. Programme:
  (i) Coursework Requirement
  Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 units of courses for graduation.
 
First Year of Attendance:
  RMS5003, 506T, STA 5010 and one from RMS4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4007 or other relevant courses approved by the programme
15 units
Second Year of Attendance:
  RMS5004 or other relevant courses approved by the programme, RMS601T, 602T
15 units
 
Total: 30 units
   
  (ii) Other Requirements
  (a) IT Proficiency Test.
  (b) Students are required to submit a research thesis and pass an oral examination for graduation.
  (c) Complete an Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) module on “Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research”. This will be an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: www.cuhk. edu.hk/clear/programmes/programmes.htm.
   
3. Fields of Specialization:
  Risk theory, risk measure and value at risk, time series, statistical modeling of risky processes, fixed income modeling, credit risk, market risk, and pricing of risky claims.
   
4. Application Deadline:
  28 February 2007
   
   
Course List
Code Course Title
Unit
RMS 4001 Simulation Methods for Risk Management Science and Finance 3
RMS 4002 Data Analysis in Finance and Risk Management Science 3
RMS 4003 Statistical Modelling in Financial Markets 3
RMS 4004 Theory of Risk and Insurance 3
RMS 4005 Stochastic Calculus for Finance and Risk 3
RMS 4007 Risk Management with Derivatives concepts 3
RMS 5003 Risk Measures
3
RMS 5004 Seminar
3
RMS 506T Research for Thesis
6
RMS 601T Research for Thesis
6
RMS 602T Research for Thesis
6
STA 5010 Estimation Theory 3
   
   
Course Description

RMS 5003
Risk Measures

Risk measurement and quantification are the fundamentals of risk management procedures. This course discusses various types of risk measures but mainly focuses on the methodologies of calculating Value-at-Risk (VaR) such as historical simulation, parametric VaR, deltagamma approximation and Monte-Carlo simulation. The uses of VaR in risk management are also addressed. Topics include portfolio risk management, asset allocation and measuring the performance of portfolio managers.

RMS 5004
Seminar

Students need to present and discuss literatures assigned to them by the instructor on topics of current interest in financial risk management.

RMS 506T, 601T, 602T
Research for Thesis

Students are required to conduct research under the supervision of their advisors.

Last Update: 9 Aug 2007

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