Separate tracks make it possible to pursue careers in capital markets or in operations. The program is rigorous, demanding, and selective. Graduates of the capital markets track are expected to seek positions in financial risk management groups, in trading and arbitrage desks, in product structuring groups, in derivatives groups, in investment banking departments, and in the information technology firms that support the trading operations in financial institutions. Graduates of the operations track are best viewed as technology generalists with sufficient knowledge of both information technology and financial theory and practice that they can serve as the interface between capital markets personnel and technical specialist in telecommunications and computer science. Graduates are expected to seek positions in commercial banks, investment banks, thrifts, insurance companies, investment companies, pension funds, finance companies, consulting firms, accounting firms with consulting practices, and so forth.
Courses ending in even numbers are full-semester courses.
Courses ending in odd numbers are half-semester courses.