Curriculum

Class of 2022 Curriculum Grid

Upon successful completion of program requirements, MSMFT students are anticipated to graduate on January 25, 2022. View course descriptions on the Boston University Bulletin. MF 650 Internships are required in the summer for all concentrations.

Fall 2020


COURSE	AM: Asset Management	QA: Quantitative Analytics	RM: Risk Management	R&A: Research & Analytics	FT: Financial Technology
MF702 Fundamentals of Finance	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
MF793 Statistics for Mathematical Finance	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
MF795 Stochastic Methods of Asset Pricing I	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
MF703 Programming for Mathematical Finance	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required

Spring 2021


COURSE	AM: Asset Management	QA: Quantitative Analytics	RM: Risk Management	R&A: Research & Analytics	FT: Financial Technology	Notes
MF728 Fixed Income Securities	Required	Required	Required	Required
MF740 Economics of Fintech	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective	Required
MF794 Stochastic Methods of Asset Pricing II	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF796 Computational Methods of Mathematical Finance	Elective	Required	Elective	Elective	Required
MF810 Advanced Programming for Finance: Data Structure and Algorithms	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF815: Advanced Machine Learning Applications for Finance	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF821 Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading	Elective	Elective		Elective	Elective
MF825* Advanced Investments (Portfolio Theory I)	Required					Required: AM
MF840 Data Analysis and Financial Econometrics	Required		Required	Elective	Elective	Required: AM, RM
FE 829** Futures, Options and Financial Risk Management			Elective			RM only
FE920*** Advanced Capital Markets				Required		Required: RA

* MF840 is a co-requisite for MF825

** With advanced MBA students

*** With Math Finance and Econ PhD students

Summer 2021


COURSE	AM: Asset Management	QA: Quantitative Analytics	RM: Risk Management	R&A: Research & Analytics	FT: Financial Technology
MF650 Internship/Project	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required

Fall 2021


COURSE	AM: Asset Management	QA: Quantitative Analytics	RM: Risk Management	R&A: Research & Analytics	FT: Financial Technology	Notes
MF730 Portfolio Theory (Portfolio Theory II)	Required	Required	Elective	Required	Elective	Required: AM, QA
MF731 Corporate Risk Management	Elective		Required		Elective	Required: RM
MF770 Advanced Derivatives	Elective	Required	Required	Required	Elective	Required: QA, RM, RA; Prereq: MF 796
MF772 Credit Risk	Elective	Required	Required	Elective	Elective	Required: QA, RM
MF850* Advanced Computational Methods		Required	Elective	Elective	Required	Required: QA, FT; Prereq: MF 796
MF922*** Advanced Mathematical Finance				Required		Required: RA; Prereq: MF 794
AC860** Accounting for Risk and Portfolio Management	Required		Elective			Required: AM; Elective: RM only

* MF796 is a prerequisite for MF850

** AC860: Students with a CFA1 or a US-based university financial accounting course will waive 860

*** With Math Finance and Econ PhD Students

Upon successful completion of program requirements, MSMF students are anticipated to graduate on January 25, 2021

Spring 2022 (Optional Semester 4) Graduate Certificate in Advanced FinTech


COURSE	AM: Asset Management	QA: Quantitative Analytics	RM: Risk Management	R&A: Research & Analytics	FT: Financial Technology
MF740 Economics of Fintech	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF810 Advanced Programming for Fiance: Data Structures and Algorithms	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF815: Advanced Machine Learning Applications for Finance	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF821 Algorithmic and High- Frequency Trading	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
MF840 Data Analysis and Financial Econometrics	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective
CAS/ENG/ Elective Course (subject to approval)	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective

Concentration Declaration

Students will be notified in mid-fall when the concentration form is live.

Curriculum

Class of 2022 Curriculum Grid

Concentration Declaration

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