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The Baruch College Financial Engineering MS Program is a professional Masters Program which graduates competitive, high-quality individuals who successfully pursue careers in quantitative finance.

The Master of Science in Financial Engineering (MFE) requires the completion of 36 credits, including five 3-credit required courses. The remaining 21 credits are to be completed from elective courses. Students entering the program with exceptional mathematical or financial skills may be permitted to replace one or more of the required courses with additional electives.

The curriculum of the MFE Program is designed to provide students with the background required for modeling and solving problems that arise in the financial services industry across various markets and asset classes. All courses are offered in the evening to accommodate students with work commitments.

Courses in Specialization    (36 credits) 

Required Courses                 (15 credits)
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MTH 9814

A Quantitative Introduction to Pricing Financial Instruments3 credits
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MTH 9815

Object Oriented Programming for Financial Applications3 credits
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MTH 9821

Numerical Methods for Finance I3 credits
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MTH 9831

Probability and Stochastic Processes for Finance I3 credits
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MTH 9903

Capstone Project and Presentation3 credits

Elective Courses                   (21 credits)

Choose courses from the following courses:
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Fundamentals of Trading

1.5 credits
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MTH 9841

Statistics for Finance3 credits
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MTH 9842

Linear and Quadratic Optimization Techniques1.5 credits 
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MTH 9845

Market and Credit Risk Management3 credits
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MTH 9848

Elements of Structured Finance3 credits
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Numerical Methods for Finance II3 credits
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Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management3 credits
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Probability and Stochastic Processes for Finance II3 credits
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Volatility Filtering and Estimation1.5 credits 
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Model Review for Quantitative Models in Finance1.5 credits
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MTH 9865

Commodities and Futures Trading1.5 credits  
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MTH 9867

Time Series Analysis and Algorithmic Trading 3 credits
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MTH 9868

Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management 3 credits
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MTH 9871

Advanced Computational Methods in Finance 3 credits
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MTH 9873

Interest Rate Models and Interest Rate Derivatives 3 credits
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MTH 9875

The Volatility Surface 3 credits
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Credit Risk Models3 credits
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Interest Rate Models3 credits
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MTH 9879

Market Microstructure Models 3 credits
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MTH 9881

Current Topics in Mathematical Finance 3 credits
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MTH 9882

Fixed Income Risk Management1.5 credits  
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MTH 9883

Structured Security Valuation in the Primary Market 

1.5 credits  
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Emerging Markets and Inflation Modeling

 
1.5 credits
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MTH 9891

Introduction to Applied Financial Econometrics 

1.5 credits
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MTH 9893

Time Series Analysis 

1.5 credits  

 

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Machine Learning 

1.5 credits
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MTH 9896

Behavioral Finance 

1.5 credits
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Data Science in Finance I: Big Data in Finance1.5 credits
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Data Science in Finance II: Machine Learning1.5 credits
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ECO 82100

(Term I) Econometrics I3 credits
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ECO 82100

(Term II) Financial Econometrics3 credits
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FIN 9770

Financial Markets and Institutions3 credits
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FIN 9782

Futures and Forward Markets3 credits
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FIN 9783

Investment Analysis3 credits
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FIN 9786

International Financial Markets3 credits
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FIN 9790

Seminar in Finance3 credits
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FIN 9793

Advanced Investment Analysis3 credits
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FIN 9797

Options Markets3 credits
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STA 9700

Modern Regression Analysis3 credits
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STA 9701

Time Series: Forecasting and Statistical Modeling3 credits