MSc

MSc Climate Risk Analytics

Hazards, exposure, and a risk memo

Online or on campus

18 months36 creditsEnglish

Overview

You do not forecast the climate. You take a stated hazard, an asset, and a loss story, and you write a memo that shows what is known and what is guessed. Frontier Innovation University teaches this award online and, where a cohort is formed, on campus. The 36 credit hours on this page are the sum of the modules listed in the curriculum, so the transcript and the prospectus describe the same load. MSc Climate Risk Analytics is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Hazard and Exposure through Hazard and Exposure; Loss Pathway; Assumptions; Risk Memo, and finish on Risk Memo. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails. Reading is a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. The artefact a marker expects is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Separate hazard from exposure Describe a loss pathway Show what is assumed Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Assessment is coursework on each taught module plus the final project named in the curriculum. Results are recorded as credit hours against each module. Fees are the figures published by Frontier Innovation University for this award; this page does not add a separate tuition claim.

Who This Program Is For

Practitioners who need a named postgraduate award in this subject
Career-changers with a first degree and relevant work
Specialists moving from delivery into design or management of the work
Applicants who can study alongside a job

Faculty spotlight

School of Risk and Analytics at Frontier Innovation University supervises the modules and the final project. Supervision is assigned from that school, not from a visiting name shared with another institution.

How you can study

Study options & delivery

Online pathway· Flexible remote

Complete your MSc Climate Risk Analytics fully online from anywhere in the world with faculty-led modules and flexible scheduling.

On-campus pathway· £4,100 / $5,200/year

Attend seminars and access facilities in person at Frontier Innovation University. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged.

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What You Will Learn

Separate hazard from exposure
Describe a loss pathway
Show what is assumed
Write a risk memo

Curriculum

Stage 1 — Subject foundations

Code	Course	Credits · hours
CRA501	Hazard and Exposure Hazard and Exposure (CRA501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Hazard and Exposure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. CRA501-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Hazard and Exposure CRA501-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Hazard and Exposure CRA501-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Hazard and Exposure CRA501-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Hazard and Exposure CRA501-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Hazard and Exposure CRA501-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Hazard and Exposure	9 · 90 h
CRA502	Loss Pathway Loss Pathway (CRA502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Loss Pathway as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. CRA502-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Loss Pathway CRA502-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Loss Pathway CRA502-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Loss Pathway CRA502-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Loss Pathway CRA502-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Loss Pathway CRA502-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Loss Pathway	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

CRA501

Hazard and Exposure

Hazard and Exposure (CRA501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Hazard and Exposure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

CRA501-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Hazard and Exposure
CRA501-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Hazard and Exposure
CRA501-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Hazard and Exposure
CRA501-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Hazard and Exposure
CRA501-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Hazard and Exposure
CRA501-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Hazard and Exposure

9 · 90 h

CRA502

Loss Pathway

Loss Pathway (CRA502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Loss Pathway as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

CRA502-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Loss Pathway
CRA502-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Loss Pathway
CRA502-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Loss Pathway
CRA502-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Loss Pathway
CRA502-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Loss Pathway
CRA502-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Loss Pathway

9 · 90 h

Stage 2 — Applied practice and project

Code	Course	Credits · hours
CRA503	Assumptions Assumptions (CRA503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Assumptions as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. CRA503-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Assumptions CRA503-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Assumptions CRA503-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Assumptions CRA503-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Assumptions CRA503-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Assumptions CRA503-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Assumptions	9 · 90 h
CRA504	Risk Memo Risk Memo (CRA504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Risk Memo as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. CRA504-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Risk Memo CRA504-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Risk Memo CRA504-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Risk Memo CRA504-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Risk Memo CRA504-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Risk Memo CRA504-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Risk Memo	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

CRA503

Assumptions

Assumptions (CRA503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Assumptions as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

CRA503-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Assumptions
CRA503-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Assumptions
CRA503-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Assumptions
CRA503-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Assumptions
CRA503-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Assumptions
CRA503-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Assumptions

9 · 90 h

CRA504

Risk Memo

Risk Memo (CRA504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Climate Risk Analytics, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Risk Memo as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

CRA504-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Risk Memo
CRA504-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Risk Memo
CRA504-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Risk Memo
CRA504-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Risk Memo
CRA504-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Risk Memo
CRA504-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Risk Memo

9 · 90 h

Career Paths

Risk analyst
Insurance operations analyst
Sustainability analyst
Asset-risk coordinator

Program Highlights

4 assessed modules whose credits sum to the award total
A final project marked against a published brief
Live seminars with recordings for students in other time zones
A transcript that lists every module credit

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

A bachelor's degree from a recognised institution, or equivalent professional standing considered by admissions

English language

English sufficient for postgraduate study, or evidence of prior English-medium study

Documents

A statement of about 500 words on why this award fits your work
Two references, academic or professional
A CV showing study and relevant work

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Climate Risk Analytics?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Frontier. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Frontier Innovation University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@frontuni.com.

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