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Financial Mathematics Graduate Program
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Degree Requirements

Successful candidates for graduation from our program need to complete 36 credit hours from a combination of Core courses and Electives.

Electives

Learn more about our track and interdisciplinary electives.

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Our curriculum is comprised of 21 credit hours of Core courses and 15 credit hours of Electives. All core courses must be passed with a grade of B or better. Students are encouraged to explore their areas of interests and strengths through their selection of Electives.

Core Courses

Semester ONE Core Requirements (Fall)Course NumberCredits
Options and Derivatives PricingFIM/ECG/MA 5283.0
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference IST 5013.0
Career Development for Quants (seminar)FIM 5003.0
Minimum credit hours9.0*
Semester TWO Core Requirements (Spring)Course NumberCredits
Stochastic Calculus for FinanceFIM/MA 5473.0
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference IIST 5023.0
Monte Carlo Methods for Financial MathematicsFIM/MA 5483.0
Seminar in Financial MathematicsFIM 6011.0
Minimum credit hours10.0*
Summer Core Requirements (Select One)Course NumberCredits
Internship in Financial MathematicsFIM 6501.0
Project in Financial MathematicsFIM 6751.0
Maximum credit hours1.0
In order to give our students real-world experience in the financial industry, every student is required to complete a 1 credit hour summer internship or summer project.
Semester THREE Core Requirements (Fall)Course NumberCredits
Seminar in Financial Mathematics (2nd session)FIM 6011.0
Minimum credit hoursTBD**

Course Catalog

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About Full Time Enrollment

*For students eager to complete the masters in financial mathematics in three academic semesters, enrolling in 12 to 15 credit hours is an option. However, a minimum of 9 credit hours is all that is required to meet full time enrollment, while domestic students have the option to enroll part time.

**Students may have the option to enroll in less than 9 hours in their final semester. International students who qualify to reduce their academic load their final semester can still maintain full time enrollment status.

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