Finance with Python

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Program, read and understand Python scripts.
• Select appropriate solutions and platforms for programming in Python.
• Build Python scripts for basic statistical and financial applications.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate Python programming skills for financial and non-financial problems.
• Collect and analyse quantitative data.
• Transfer Python programming knowledge to other programming languages

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Apply Python programming language
• Perform data analysis and visualisation in Python
• Solve programmatically quantitative financial

Introduction to Python for Finance

Python Fundamentals

Python Programming and Github

Statistics for Finance using Python

Statistics for Finance using Python

Multiple Linear Regression

Applications to financial problems

• Weekly lectures introduce concepts and demonstrate how to use Python to solve statistical/finance-related problems.
• Weekly computer-based classes will supplement the lectures, which will support student learning by providing opportunities for students to attempt and gain feedback on numerical and problem-solving exercises. Students will also have the opportunity for both directed and non-directed independent reading.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.