Courses and Degree Outline

Required Core Courses (18 Hours)

FIN 5322 – Investment Analysis
QFE 5310 – Microeconomic Theory and Applications
QFE 5315 – Macroeconomic Theory and Applications
QFE 5320 – Econometrics
QFE 5330 – Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
QFE 5340 – Financial Econometrics

Electives (12 Hours)

Choose one of the following (3 hours): 

CIS 5357– Computing for Data Analytics    
QFE 5335 – Financial Analytics    
QMST 5336 – Analytics

Choose three of the following (9 hours):

CIS 5355 – Database Management Systems    
QFE 5353 – Fixed Income Analysis    
QFE 5369 – Internship    
QFE 5390A – International Economics    
QFE 5392A – Financial Markets and Institutions    
QFE 5392B – Securities Law    
QFE 5395 – Independent Study    
QMST 5335 – Forecasting and Simulation    
QMST 5342 – Probability and Statistical Models    
QMST 5343 – Data Mining    
QMST 5390A – Statistical Computing 

Thesis Option

Take away two electives from the list above for the thesis option:

QFE 5399A – Thesis

Then, choose a minimum of 3 hours from the following:

QFE 5199B – Thesis    
QFE 5299B – Thesis    
QFE 5399B – Thesis    
QFE 5599B – Thesis    
QFE 5999B – Thesis

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Total MSQFE Courses

30 hours