
Quantitative Finance Bachelor's Degree
Program Details
Degree
Bachelor of ScienceAvailable
On campusQuantitative Finance is about more than analyzing stock portfolios; it is at the heart of all modern financial strategies and operations.
The discipline spans the management of pension funds and insurance companies to the control of operational risks for manufacturing and consumer products companies and how to model the behavior of financial markets. The QF bachelor's program at Stevens emphasizes business, math, finance and computer science, preparing you to understand and seize new opportunities across industry categories. You’ll become an expert at using the unique tools of the trade in our high-tech financial systems lab, and will get Bloomberg certification as a freshman. And demand from industry is insatiable — since its inception, virtually 100 percent of the program’s graduates have secured high-paying jobs on Wall Street and beyond within six months of commencement.
Additionally, the Stevens QF program has been accepted into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. Universities with this recognition incorporate at least 70 percent of the CFA Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK), making them well positioned to sit for the CFA exams.
Students who graduate from the Quantitative Finance program are able to manage financial assets and risk for firms on Wall Street and beyond, ranging from risk management, to investment banking, to financial modeling.
Lessons in the Quantitative Finance major are fused with practical experience and access to leading financial organizations in nearby New York. Students will be exposed to a strong quantitative component, including two years of calculus and a supplementary year of advanced financial mathematics.
MA 121 / MA 122 Introduction to Calculus / Calculus 1A
MA 123 / MA 124 Calculus 2A / Calculus 2B
QF 112 Statistics for Quantitative Finance
MA 221 Differential Equations
MA 230 Multivariate Analysis & Optimization
FE 543 Stochastic Calculus for Financial Applications
CS 105 Introduction to Scientific Computing
CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science
CS 135 Discrete Math
CS 284 Data Structures
CS 385 Algorithms
QF 465 C++ for Finance
The unique, eight-course Quantitative Finance spine is a sequence of integrator courses that combine the skills and disciplines from other components of the curriculum.
QF 101 Introduction to Quantitative Finance I
QF 102 Introduction to Quantitative Finance II
QF 200 Financial Econometrics
QF 202 Introduction to Financial Time Series
QF 301 Advanced Time Series Analytics and Machine Learning
QF 302 Financial Market Microstructure and Trading
QF 401 Senior Design Research Project in Quantitative Finance I
QF 402 Senior Design Research Project in Quantitative Finance II
Students choose one of three four-course concentrations within the major coursework.
Quantitative Methods concentration
MA 232 Linear Algebra
MA 331 Intermedia Statistics
MA 450 Special Topics
FE 530 Introduction to Financial Engineering
Computer Science concentration
CS 442 Databases
CS 559 Machine Learning: Fundamentals and Applications
FE 550 Data Visualization Application
BIA 660 Web Analytics
CS 546 Web Programming
FE 522 C++ for Finance
Finance
BT 426 Equity Valuation
BT 440 Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
BT 425 Portfolio Management
BT 442 Fixed Income
BT 454 International Economics and Finance
Economics
BT 343 – Intermediate Macroeconomics
BT 344 – Intermediate Microeconomics
QF 200 – Financial Econometrics
BT 440 – Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
BT 454 – International Economics and Finance
BT 436 - Game Theory
MGT 451 – Computational Models of Thought and Behavior
BT 360 – International Business
Accounting
ACC 311 – Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 312 – Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 351 – Federal Taxation of Individuals
ACC 421 – Auditing
FIN 510 – Financial Statement Analysis
ACC 352 – Federal Taxation of Business Entities
ACC 431 – Advanced Accounting
ACC 385 – Fraud Examination
Data Analytics
CS 442 Databases
CS 546 Web Programming
CS 559 Machine Learning: Fundamentals and Applications
BT 370 Human Centered Design Thinking
BT 417 Marketing Analytics
BT 422 Decision Making
BT 435 Social Media Analytics
BT 466 Data Analytics
FE 550 Data Visualization Application
FA 595 Financial Technology
BIA 660 Web Analytics
BIA 674 Supply Chain analytics
* Course in development
QF 103 Basic Financial Tools
QF 200 Financial Accounting
QF 104 Data Management in R
BT 244 Microeconomics
BT 321 Corporate Finance
BT 325 / FIN 510 Financial Statement Analysis
FE 535 Introduction to Financial Risk Management
Three QF electives
The arts and sciences core is a distinguishing feature of a Stevens education, and helps students hone talents such as written and oral communication and teamwork, while gaining a broader perspective on the world around them through courses in literature, political science, history and the social sciences.
CAL 103 Freshman Writing
CAL 105 CAL Colloquium
HPL 456 Business Ethics
Two humanities courses