Course summary

Develop your mathematical and statistical skills at York, gain valuable experience on your year in industry, and prepare for a successful career in quantitative business analysis. At York, you'll be taught by expert academics who are active researchers in their fields. You'll develop your mathematical, statistical, financial and operations skills to a level that will give you an excellent platform to apply your knowledge as a quantitative business analyst. Learn to use sophisticated tools from a broad range of mathematical disciplines, such as calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics, to sharpen your mathematical and statistical reasoning. Alongside your mathematics studies, you'll study economics, finance and accounting. You'll gain valuable first-hand experience by working on real-life cases and learning about the context in which business analysts and operations managers work. By applying the techniques and theoretical concepts you'll learn to practical business problems, you'll gain advanced problem-solving skills, particularly in finance and operations. Study with us and directly apply the maths you'll be taught to real-world scenarios. Spending a year in industry will allow you to learn business skills directly from businesses, and increase your employability. You'll graduate with knowledge of how to formulate, implement, analyse and criticise complex operational and financial models, and the ability to deploy them practically and communicate their results to stakeholders. This course replaces our BSc in Finance, Operations Research, Management and Statistics (with a year in industry).