For those students who entered the Financial Mathematics program in Fall 2017, 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
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.