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Track courses Sophia Antipolis campus

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​On the Sophia Antipolis campus, the MSc Financial Markets has a Trading, Structuring & Portfolio Management track  




Course calendar


Spring intake is only available for the first year of the Two-year MSc. This allows students to acquire professional experience for eight to nine months.
Find out more about the first year of the Two-year MSc programme.




Courses by semester



​Semester 1 - Sophia Antipolis

MANDATORY COURSES

  • Amplify Trading Simulation, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Bloomberg, 0 credits 

  • Preschooling Python 1 Programming for Finance, 0 credits

  • Stochastic Calculus Applied to Financial Models, 2 credits

  • Financial Research & Modelling with R, 2 credits

  • Financial Econometrics with R, 2 credits

  • Fixed Income 1: Pricing and Valuation, 1 credit

  • Equity Research & Valuation1, 3 credits

  • Python 1 Programming for Finance, 1 credit

  • Derivatives Valuation & Strategies, 3 credits

  • ​AMF Certification, 3 credits

  • MS Excel VBA Programming , 2 credits

  • VBA 1: Pricing Techniques, 2 credits

  • Introduction to FX & Strategies, 1 credit

  • Power BI Applied to Finance, 1 credit

  • Career Management 1, 0 credits



TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 1: 21



The above details are for information only and may be changed by the school without prior notice

​Semester 2 - Sophia Antipolis

MANDATORY COURSES

  • Seminar: Objective 2 Tons, 0 credits 

  • High Beta Fixed Income, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Fixed Income 2; 0 credits

  • Preschooling Equity/FX Structured Products, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Exotic Options 1, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Option Book Management, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Computational Investing with Python, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Financial Econometrics II with R, 0 credits

  • Preschooling Python 2 Applied to Finance, 0 credits 

  • Fixed Income 2, 1 credit

  • Quantitative Portfolio Management, 1 credit

  • Portfolio Management Simulation, 2 credits 

  • Commodities and Commodity Trading, 2 credits

  • Career Management 2, 1 credit

  • SQL Programming , 1 credit​


ELECTIVE COURSES (choose ten)

  • Interest Rate Models for Finance, 1 credit

  • Fixed Income Structured Products, 1 credit

  • Exotic Options 1, 1 credit

  • Exotic Options 2, 1 credit

  • Financial Econometrics II with R, 1 credit

  • Equity/FX Structured Products, 1 credit

  • Option Book Management, 1 credit

  • Value at Risk, 1 credit

  • VBA 2: VBA Quantitative Development, 1 credit

  • Credit Derivatives, 1 credit

  • Python 2 Applied to Finance, 1 credit

  • Computational Investing with Python, 1 credit​

  • Order Book & Market Making, 1 credit

  • Credit and XVA​, 1 credit



Total credits for semester 2: 21 credits

Credits for dissertation: 18

​Credits for full year: 60


​Courses lists are for information only (may be subject to changes)

​Extra content - conferences & workshops

Some conferences and workshops among the following : 

  • ​Climate Risk and the Credit Market

  • Geopolitics and the Oil Market

  • The Coming Housing Collapse

  • Have Emerging Countries Borrowed Too Much after the GFC?

  • Satellite Data Analysis and Trading Strategies Volatility Trading after Covid

  • Finding a Job in Sales and Trading after Covid

  • Will Central Banks Kill the Economy in Fighting Inflation?

  • Sales and Trading Simulation by Amplify

  • Are Algos Taking Over?

  • Cryptos: the Future or “Has been”?



Sophia Antipolis campus alumni over the years


We have an almost-complete list of all the MSc Financial Markets and Investments alumni of the Sophia Antipolis campus from since the programme began many years ago. You can find a list of their names, current jobs, and even their email addresses. 



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