Program Overview

Program Details

Degree

Certificate

School

School of Business

Available

On Campus & Online

Description

Apply engineering solutions to the finance industry and see the landscape from a more quantitative perspective. Retail software platforms, web trading desks, pricing software tools for new financial instruments, and cutting-edge information and knowledge discovery tools in a firm are all examples of software engineering or intra-system super structural software in financial institutions. These skills are incredibly important for software engineers looking to create impact in a financial world increasingly hungry for software-driven solutions to new market challenges.

Curriculum

The following courses are required for this certificate:

• SSW 540 Fundamentals of Software Engineering
• SSW 565 Software Architecture and Component-Based Design
• FE 610 Stochastic Calculus for Financial Engineers
• FE 620 Pricing and Hedging

Application

If desired, the above courses can be applied toward a full graduate degree from the School of Business, such as the master's in Financial Engineering.