Master Courses

All available courses at the Institute are listed via LSF and Moodle. The websites provide access to more granular information regarding course enrolment, course structure and corresponding course materials. All courses and assessments are (preferably) held in English.

Financial Data Science

Type
Projectcourse
ECTS
12 ECTS
Periodicity
Summer & Winter
Link
Moodle
Content
The projectcourse is offered regularly in the winter and summer term and aims at providing in-depth knowledge about the programming language Python and its most important libraries for data analysis. Each summerterm, the course is taught in cooperation with the Institute for Finance & Banking and consists of two parts.

Each winterterm, the course extends the introduction of programming language Python with a comprehensive overview of database management and the process of retrieving, aggregating and manipulating data using SQL. Students will learn to develop structured approaches for solving practical problems in a financial context using statistical methods.
Course Dates
Lectures & interactive Coding:
16.04.2024, 14.00 bis 18.00
23.04.2024, 14.00 bis 18.00
30.04.2024, 14.00 bis 18.00
07.05.2024, 14.00 bis 18.00
14.05.2024, 14.00 bis 18.00
12.06.2024, 13.00 bis 18.00
Assessment
Coursework & final Casestudy
Contact
Lisa Kaminski & Agustina Farias

Financial Technology in Consumer Finance

Type
Seminar
ECTS
6 ECTS
Periodicity
Summer & Winter
Link
LSF
Content
In this seminar we will investigate the effect of Financial Technology on consumer Financial Health. More specifically, we will examine how digital product innovations by Neobanks and -brokers influence the behavior of private consumers and as a consequence their financial outcomes. In this context we will learn exciting concepts from behavioral economics and apply them to financial products we use in our everday life. The seminar topics will be structrued according to the following product categories: Payments, Budgeting, Saving, Investing, Borrowing.
Course Dates
Kick-Off:
24.04.2024, 16.00 until 18.00 Uhr
(preceding Winterterm 25.10.2023, 16.00 until 18.00)

Final Presentations:
27.06.2024, 10:00 until 18:00
28.06.2024, 10:00 until 18:00
(preceding Winterterm 19.01.2024, 10.00 until 18.00)
Assessment
Written Seminar Paper & Final Presentation
Contact
Moritz Nardini