Course variations

Course summary

This program will equip the students with the skills, concepts, tools, and techniques to excel as a financial engineering professional. To achieve the BS/A-MSQF, students in good standing follow a particular track of undergraduate courses, enter the MSQF program in their senior year, and complete their master’s program studies during their fifth year. While freshman applicants are preferred, students may choose the BS/A-MSQF at any time during their undergraduate studies. For these students, foundational coursework may be necessary to properly prepare them for graduate level courses. This program allows the students to channel their voracious interest in mathematics, finance, and computer science in learning how their applications within complex problem solving contexts can inform business and financial challenges such as new product development, portfolio structuring, scenario simulation, derivative securities valuation, and risk management. The curriculum integrates mathematical, computer science, and finance skill sets within a course of study including calculus, probability theory, numerical methods, algorithms, neural networks, computation with uncertainty measurement and management, and dynamic valuation and pricing theories. The curriculum provides a solid theoretical background with a particular focus on applied skills.

Program modules

The modules include Undergraduate Courses: Calculus I thru III; Derivatives I; Differential Equations; Elementary Linear Algebra; Financial Markets and Institutions; Financial Strategy; FIN Electives; Investment Analysis; Introduction to Developing Business Applications; Probability and Statistics I and II (in lieu of FCBA core req. QM 262 and 263); Portfolio Theory; Graduate Courses: Algorithms; Derivatives II; Expert Systems; Fixed Income; Numerical Methods I and II; Partial Differential Equations; Quantitative Finance Capstone; Quantitative Methods in Finance; Topics in Quantitative Finance; Readings in Quantitative Finance; Uncertainty Analysis and Measurement.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicant must have completed the following minimum curriculum requirements: four units (years) of English (half or one unit of which may be speech), three units of college preparatory mathematics, two units of laboratory science and two units of social sciences. All applicants whose native language is not English have to obtain a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 paper based, 213 computer based, or 79 internet based or a minimum score of 6.5 in IELTS (International English Language Test System).

Qualification

Masters

Awarding body

Bradley University

Department name

Foster College of Business Administration, Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods