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The MORSE course (And VS UCL&Imperial)

I've applied to MORSE and got an offer. But as i was reading through forums and stuff, it seems that Warwick Econ dept and Maths dept are very strong, and heard nothing about the Stats dept which is in charge of MORSE and is giving the degree.


So, my question is, is MORSE inferior to pure maths or pure econ? thats what Warwick is famous for. and in terms of career prospects (banking&finance), which of these courses are more prestigious to employers?


And how does it compare to, say, Stats econ and finance in UCL (same course code as MORSE) and maths with stats for finance in Imperial? as in for the graduate prospects.

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well, i can only speculate here, but the morse people generally seem to suck at maths and as a result drop most of the modules for the businessy ones. but it's still a very much so respected degree and fits very nicely for finance, moreso than the maths because they have so much more required stats modules.

it's a different kind of degree.
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kenbellston
So, my question is, is MORSE inferior to pure maths or pure econ? thats what Warwick is famous for. and in terms of career prospects (banking&finance), which of these courses are more prestigious to employers?

"Inferior" is the sense that MORSE students do fewer maths modules than Pure Maths and fewer economics modules than people on straight Economics, but the morse directly overlaps and the module content, in particular in maths, is identical. So the standard is not inferior in Morse in any way.

Totally Tom
well, i can only speculate here, but the morse people generally seem to suck at maths and as a result drop most of the modules for the businessy ones.
I would agree slightly, but i find that maths people tend to suck at the stats modules so it works both ways.

kenbellston
...and in terms of career prospects (banking&finance), which of these courses are more prestigious to employers?
MORSE is very highly regarded because of the combination of all 4 subjects, that makes it very suitable for banking and finance. A very high percentage of morse students go into banking and finance, so it obviously appeals to some employers.
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I am just wondering about this because the degree is going to be given neither by the maths or econ department, but the Statistics one. Even though maths and stats are very closely related, im not sure whether the stats department has an as high reputation as the maths and econ ones. I probably will not work in the UK after i graduate, and will most likely move back to Singapore or Hong Kong for my career. So, the reputation of the university and department is quite important to me as it is directly related to career prospects.
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I realise that the Warwick forum is really inactive.....
As far as I know the Stats dept is stellar, one of the best in the UK. I remember when I initially visited and they were doing work for the government on the possible bird flu pandemic (a big threat at the time).
You will be studying in the Economics, Maths, Statistics depts and the Business School-- four very strong departments, and of course they feature in some way in the degree title, so I'm not sure it matters who's awarding it. People in the know will uhh.. know.

Imperial don't do Economics so if you want to study that, it's an easy choice. WBS is well known, probably more than Imperial's business school; UCL doesn't have a Business School. MORSE has a pretty good reputation. It's not usually compared head on with Maths because it's a different type of degree, encorporating economics and business elements, but still highly regarded (in the finance world in particular). There are loads of Singaporians, Chinese, some Malaysians etc on the course btw.
silent ninja
As far as I know the Stats dept is stellar, one of the best in the UK. I remember when I initially visited and they were doing work for the government on the possible bird flu pandemic (a big threat at the time).
You will be studying in the Economics, Maths, Statistics depts and the Business School-- four very strong departments, and of course they feature in some way in the degree title, so I'm not sure it matters who's awarding it. People in the know will uhh.. know.

Imperial don't do Economics so if you want to study that, it's an easy choice. WBS is well known, probably more than Imperial's business school; UCL doesn't have a Business School. MORSE has a pretty good reputation. It's not usually compared head on with Maths because it's a different type of degree, encorporating economics and business elements, but still highly regarded (in the finance world in particular). There are loads of Singaporians, Chinese, some Malaysians etc on the course btw.

and by loads, he means pretty much everyone on MORSE is azn.
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Totally Tom
and by loads, he means pretty much everyone on MORSE is azn.



wow thats pretty amazing, but is that really true? i think there is only a limited international student quota, it cant be that so many of them are not british....
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kenbellston
wow thats pretty amazing, but is that really true? i think there is only a limited international student quota, it cant be that so many of them are not british....

At a guess it is probably 50:50 British:International students
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Wraggy
At a guess it is probably 50:50 British:International students



i see. but why is that so though? im sure the university itself isnt that international, even LSE (which claims to have the most percentage of international students) is definitely below 50:50.
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kenbellston
i see. but why is that so though? im sure the university itself isnt that international, even LSE (which claims to have the most percentage of international students) is definitely below 50:50.

Its certainly not representative of all courses, its just MORSE is so internationally recognised I guess and that attracted overseas students.
kenbellston
i see. but why is that so though? im sure the university itself isnt that international, even LSE (which claims to have the most percentage of international students) is definitely below 50:50.


The university is nowhere near 50:50, only this course.
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silent ninja
The university is nowhere near 50:50, only this course.



yeah. i would think so too.


MORSE seems to be more prestigious than i expected. I received the offer really soon after my UCAS submission, around 3 weeks or less, so i thought the are desperate for students. i think i am wrong.
kenbellston
yeah. i would think so too.


MORSE seems to be more prestigious than i expected. I received the offer really soon after my UCAS submission, around 3 weeks or less, so i thought the are desperate for students. i think i am wrong.


I think Warwick are generally quite quick with Maths and MORSE offers. I dont think it's too difficult to get an offer, but getting an offer doesn't imply the course will be easy.
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Are there any other Universities in UK that offer a bachelor's degree in MORSE apart from Warwick?
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Original post by kkvenky
Are there any other Universities in UK that offer a bachelor's degree in MORSE apart from Warwick?

No
Reply 16
Original post by kkvenky
Are there any other Universities in UK that offer a bachelor's degree in MORSE apart from Warwick?


Yes actually southampton do which although often forgotten are a top russel university and I think cardiff possibly do it without the economics that might be another university I'm thinking of but southamton definately do it.
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Original post by flexwave
Yes actually southampton do which although often forgotten are a top russel university and I think cardiff possibly do it without the economics that might be another university I'm thinking of but southamton definately do it.


Thanks for telling me that, I didn't think any university would offer MORSE except Warwick.

I have firmed Warwick as MORSE and insuranced Southampton in Econ and act.science, if I know that earlier, I would have applied to MORSE in Southampton, lol
Reply 18
heh...you guys are pretty much in the same position as I was last year, I applied for actuarial science to a couple of unis and mmorse for warwick and ended up coming here. Dont regret it at all :biggrin:
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I realize the first few posts are horribly inaccurate.
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