Curriculum Overview

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.

Quantitative Methods Core

  • MA 121 / MA 122 Introduction to Calculus / Calculus 1A

  • MA 125 / MA 126 Calculus 2A / Calculus 2B

  • MA 221 Differential Equations

  • MA 225 Vectors and Matrices

  • MA 230 Multivariate Analysis & Optimization

  • MA 231 Nonlinear Optimization

  • QF 112 Statistics for Quantitative Finance

  • QF 343 Stochastic Calculus for Financial Applications

Computer Science Core

  • CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science

  • CS 135 or MA 134 Discrete Math

  • CS 284 Data Structures

  • CS 385 Algorithms

  • MIS 110 Creative Problem Solving in Computing

Quantitative Finance Spine

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 212 Adv Probability and Stochastic Processes for QF

  • QF 301 Advanced Time Series Analytics and Machine Learning

  • QF 302 Financial Market Microstructure and Trading

  • QF 430 Intro. to Derivatives

  • QF 435 Risk Management for Capital Mkts

  • MGT 411 Senior Design Research Project I

  • MGT412  Senior Design Research Project  II

Quantitative Finance Concentration

Students choose four courses in the area in which they wish to concentrate. Among the opportunities for this concentration:

  • Accounting

  • Computer Science

  • Data Analytics

  • Economics

  • Finance

  • Fintech

  • Quantitative Methods

Finance and Business Core

  • ACC 200 Principles in Financial Accounting

  • BT 321 Corporate Finance

  • BT 290 Business Career Seminar

  • ECON 242 Economics

  • FIN 510 Financial Statement Analysis

  • MGT 300 Business Communications

  • QF 103 Basic Financial Tools

  • QF 104 Data Management in R

SUCCESS Core

Required:

  • PRV 101 First Year Experience

Frontiers of Technology

Choose 3 elective courses:

  • PRV 201 AI and Machine Learning

  • PRV 202 Data Science and Analytics

  • PRV 203 Biotechnology

  • PRV 204 Sustainability

  • PRV 205 Quantum Technology

Arts and Sciences Core

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.

  • HASS 103 Freshman Writing

  • HASS 105 CAL Colloquium

  • Two Humanities courses - – one upper-level course and one lower-level course

  • One Science Course

See courses in the Academic Catalog