Advanced Certificate in Financial Computing

Graduate School of Business Administration

Division of Finance

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Computer and Information Science

The Advanced Certificate in Financial Computing will draw on the graduate programs in Quantitative Finance (MSQF - Graduate School of Business Administration) and Computer Science (MSCS - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) to serve the needs of graduate students in these two Master.s degree programs. The Advanced Certificate will train professionals who have the skills to manage large scale complex data systems. These professionals will work in industry, business, government and the financial services sector.

This 15 credits Advanced Certificate in Financial Computing consists of the following five courses (or equivalent with the approval of advisor) plus a practicum: Projects and Internships in Financial Computing.

1. CISC 6950; Algorithms and Data Analysis (Fall semester); 3 credits.
   
   
2. QFGB 8915; Introduction to Stochastic Calculus (Fall semester); 2 credits.
   
   
3. QFGB 8925; Simulation Applications (Fall semester); 2 credits.
   
   
4. QFGB 8943; Large Scale Data Modeling (Spring semester); 2 credits.
   
   
5. CISC 6930; Data Mining (Spring semester); 3 credits.
   
   
6. CISC/QFGB 8999; Project and Internships in Financial Computing; 3 credits.