For those students who entered the Financial Mathematics program in Fall 2016, degree requirements are as follows:
Units for Degree Completion: 1200 - 1350
- Core Courses - 650 - 700 units
- FINM 32000 - Mathematical Foundations of Option Pricing (100 units)
- FINM 33000 - Numerical Methods (100 units)
- FINM 33150 - Regression Analysis and Quantitative Trading Strategies (100 units)
- FINM 33601 - Fixed Income Derivatives (100 units)
- FINM 34500 - Stochastic Calculus (100 units)
- FINM 36700 - Portfolio Theory and Risk Management I (50 units)
- FINM 36702 - Portfolio Theory and Risk Management II (50 units)
- FINM 37301 - Foreign Exchange: Markets, Products, & Pricing (50 units)
- FINM 37700 - Introduction to Finance and Markets (50 units - required unless waived via Placement Exam)
- Computing Courses - 200 - 300 units
- FINM 32600 - Computing for Finance in C++ (required unless waived via Placement Exam)
- Elective Courses - 350 units
Any FinMath courses taken in excess of the requirements count towards Electives.
Up to 100 units from FINM 32850, FINM 33160, and FINM 33165 will be counted towards the computing requirement.
There is a limit of one Booth course counting toward degree requirements. You may not take BUSF 35125 as an elective if you take BUSF 41202 towards your core requirement or elective requirement.