2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Financial Engineering, Financial Markets and Corporate Finance Track, M.S.


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The Financial Markets and Corporate Finance track focuses on how to structure, value, market and apply complex financial products in expanding global financial markets. You will learn to wield sophisticated trading and risk management strategies and engineer solutions to the host of financial problems faced by today’s institutions. As a student in this track, you will learn a diverse array of skills to prepare you for wide-ranging positions in corporate financial analysis, financial planning, financial consulting, asset management, management consulting, private equity value creation and global financial advisory and foreign exchange trading.

Graduates of the Financial Markets and Corporate Finance Track are expected to seek positions in financial management groups, on trading and arbitrage desks, in product structuring groups, in derivatives groups, in investment banking departments and in the information-technology firms that support the trading operations of financial institutions.

Required to Complete the Financial Engineering MS program


  • 5 core courses, each 3 credits totaling 15 credits
  • Track-required courses totaling 7.5 credits
  • 1 required applied lab worth 1.5 credits
  • 6 credits of electives
  • 1 capstone experience of 3 credits
  • Capstone assessment (0 credits)
  • Bloomberg Certification (0 credits)

Total # of credits: 33

Track-Required Course


3 of the Following Courses


Students may choose from the courses below to fill the electives requirement in addition to the options in the Recommended Electives section.

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