Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:1
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| Finance Academy, August | 听 | |
| FIN听5602 | Corporate Finance | 1 |
| FIN听5604 | Derivative Markets | 1 |
| FIN听5605 | Fixed Income | 1 |
| FIN听5607 | Stochastic Calculus & Finance | 1 |
| Fall Term | 听 | |
| FIN听5601 | Financial Technology | 1 |
| FIN听5612 | Asset Pricing | 1.5 |
| FIN听5614 | Continuous Time Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5615 | Data Science in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5619 | Quant Fixed Income | 1.5 |
| FIN听5624 | Numerical Methods | 1.5 |
| FIN听5627 | Financial Econometrics | 1.5 |
| FIN听5629 | Value at Risk | 1.5 |
| FIN听5673 | Financial Risk Management I | 1.5 |
| FIN听5675 | Professional Development | 1 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring | ||
| FIN听5622 | Machine Learning in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5631 | Financial Time Series | 1.5 |
| FIN听5634 | Stochastic Volatility | 1.5 |
| FIN听5639 | Quantitative Risk Modeling | 1.5 |
| FIN听5646 | Frontiers in Quantitative Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5648 | Quantitative Portfolios | 1.5 |
| FIN听5649 | Enterprise Risk Management | 1.5 |
| FIN听5674 | Financial Risk Management II | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 12 |
| 听 | Total Credit Hours | 30 |
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With approval from the Academic Director, FIN听5683 Special Study in Finance or non-FIN graduate courses may be substituted for any required course.
10-Month Full-Time MS
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| Finance Academy, August | 听 | |
| FIN听5602 | Corporate Finance | 1 |
| FIN听5604 | Derivative Markets | 1 |
| FIN听5605 | Fixed Income | 1 |
| FIN听5607 | Stochastic Calculus & Finance | 1 |
| Fall I | 听 | |
| FIN听5612 | Asset Pricing | 1.5 |
| FIN听5614 | Continuous Time Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5619 | Quant Fixed Income | 1.5 |
| FIN听5673 | Financial Risk Management I | 1.5 |
| FIN听5675 | Professional Development | 1 |
| Fall II | 听 | |
| FIN听5601 | Financial Technology | 1 |
| FIN听5615 | Data Science in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5624 | Numerical Methods | 1.5 |
| FIN听5627 | Financial Econometrics | 1.5 |
| FIN听5629 | Value at Risk | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring | ||
| Spring I | 听 | |
| FIN听5631 | Financial Time Series | 1.5 |
| FIN听5634 | Stochastic Volatility | 1.5 |
| FIN听5639 | Quantitative Risk Modeling | 1.5 |
| FIN听5648 | Quantitative Portfolios | 1.5 |
| Spring II | 听 | |
| FIN听5622 | Machine Learning in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5646 | Frontiers in Quantitative Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5649 | Enterprise Risk Management | 1.5 |
| FIN听5674 | Financial Risk Management II | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 12 |
| 听 | Total Credit Hours | 30 |
22-Month Full-Time MS1
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| Finance Academy, August | 听 | |
| FIN听5604 | Derivative Markets | 1 |
| FIN听5607 | Stochastic Calculus & Finance | 1 |
| Fall I | 听 | |
| FIN听5612 | Asset Pricing | 1.5 |
| FIN听5614 | Continuous Time Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5675 | Professional Development | 1 |
| Fall II | 听 | |
| FIN听5615 | Data Science in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5627 | Financial Econometrics | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 9 |
| Spring | ||
| Spring I | 听 | |
| FIN听5631 | Financial Time Series | 1.5 |
| FIN听5634 | Stochastic Volatility | 1.5 |
| FIN听5648 | Quantitative Portfolios | 1.5 |
| Spring II | 听 | |
| FIN听5622 | Machine Learning in Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5646 | Frontiers in Quantitative Finance | 1.5 |
| FIN听5673 | Financial Risk Management I | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 9 |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| Finance Academy, August | 听 | |
| FIN听5602 | Corporate Finance | 1 |
| FIN听5605 | Fixed Income | 1 |
| Fall I | 听 | |
| FIN听5601 | Financial Technology | 1 |
| FIN听5619 | Quant Fixed Income | 1.5 |
| FIN听5674 | Financial Risk Management II | 1.5 |
| Fall II | 听 | |
| FIN听5624 | Numerical Methods | 1.5 |
| FIN听5629 | Value at Risk | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 9 |
| Spring | ||
| Spring I | 听 | |
| FIN听5639 | Quantitative Risk Modeling | 1.5 |
| Spring II | 听 | |
| FIN听5649 | Enterprise Risk Management | 1.5 |
| 听 | Credit Hours | 3 |
| 听 | Total Credit Hours | 30 |
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This full-time program can be modified for part-time study. In the part-time 22-month program, students reduce their courseload in the Spring term of their first year of study to 6 credits and increase their courseload to 6 credits in the Spring term of their second year. Contact the Academic Director for the 22-month part-time schedule for the Quantitative Finance and Risk Management MS.
Culminating Event: Successful completion of coursework is required to earn the MS in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management degree.