Curriculum — Quantitative Finance/Fintech Track

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Core Curriculum (24 credits)

Required courses (21 credits)

  • MGF 633 Investment Management (3 credits)
  • MGF 634 Quantitative Methods in Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 635 Financial Derivatives (3 credits)
  • MGF 636 Complex Financial Instruments (3 credits)
  • MGF 637 Financial Modeling (3 credits)
  • MGF 638 Fixed Income Securities (3 credits)
  • MGF 696 Portfolio Theory and Strategy (3 credits)

capstone (3 credits)

Choose one course. 

  • MGF 644 Supervised Research - Fixed Income  (3 credits)
  • MGF 645 Supervised Research - Equities  (3 credits)

Fintech Electives (12 credits)

Required electives (6 credits)

Availability varies by semester. 

  • MGS 613 Database Management Systems (3 credits)
  • MGS 614 Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)

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Additional electives (6 credits)

Availability varies by semester. 

  • MGF 687 Financial Technology (Fintech) Lab (3 credits)
  • MGS 602 Information Technology and Cloud Infrastructure Management (3 credits)
  • MGS 616 Predictive Analysis (3 credits)
  • MGS 625 Management of IT Projects (3 credits)
  • MGS 628 Data Visualization (3 credits)
  • MGS 635 Digital Product Management (3 credits)
  • MGS 639 Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Ethics (3 credits)
  • MGS 642 IS Auditing for IT Management (3 credits)
  • MGS 650 Information Assurance (3 credits)
  • MGS 655 Distributed Computing and Big Data Technologies (3 credits)
  • MGS 662 Optimization Methods for Machine Learning (3 credits)

Summary

24 core credits + 12 fintech elective credits = 36 credits required for degree