Three Electives Categories, through which the students obtain additional foundational background and techniques for application, and build personalized areas of specialization. There are three Electives Categories. Additional Foundational Background. Students choose at least one of the following. Stochastic Processes in Finance II MATH 6235 Financial Optmization Models ISYE 6673 Management of Financial Institutions MGT 6090 Techniques for Application.
Students choose at least two of the following.
Students choose at least three additional electives from the above Electives Categories or from other courses. It is strongly recommended that students who do not have previus course work in economics take MGT 6813 'Economic Analysis for Managers' or its equivalent. The MS QCF applicant should also have significant mathematical talent, demonstrated through the student's performance on previous coursework, and in GRE or GMAT testing. There is a 'Thesis Option' that allows students to write a thesis. The QCF Executive Committee either approves or rejects the thesis topic and the substitution of the student's thesis document for some or all of these 6 credit hours.