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Quantitative Finance Course Plan

Quantitative Finance Example Course Plan (first 3 semesters)

This is an example course plan based on the 2023-2024 University Catalog; your actual schedule may deviate from this example. Your faculty advisor will work with you to select appropriate courses. Course descriptions can be found within the University Catalog As an IWU student, it is your responsibility to track your progress each semester towards completing graduation requirements using the  MyIWU  degree audit tool.

 

Fall Semester

  • ACC 112: Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • MATH 176: Calculus I
  • GW 100: Gateway Colloquium
  • Foreign Language Course*

* Students may place out of part or all of the Foreign Language Course requirement and may not have to complete three courses in this area.

 

Spring Semester

  • ACC 212: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 212L: Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications (.5CU)*
  • ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
  • Foreign Language Course second level**
  • MATH 177: Calculus II

*ACC 212L must be taken concurrently with ACC 212.

** Students may place out of part or all of the Foreign Language Course requirement and may not have to complete three courses in this area.

Fall Semester

  • CS/DASC 125: Introduction to Computer and Data Sciences
  • ECON 227: Statistics for Business and Economics
  • Foreign Language Course***
  • Shared Curriculum Elective

* ECON 227 may be taken in any of the first four semesters, but is normally taken in the sophomore year. If a student has received a unit of credit for AP Statistics (score of 4 or 5), they are not required to take ECON 227.

*** Students may place out of part or all of the Foreign Language Course requirement and may not have to complete three courses in this area.

Spring Semester

  • FIS 303: Financial Management
  • MATH 324: Probability
  • DASC 225: Data Analytics with Visualization
  • Either Shared Curriculum course or Quant Finance Elective (from list below)
    • FIS 305 Financial Statement Analysis
    • FIS 308 Derivatives
    • FIS 411 Advanced Portfolio Management
    • FIS 413 Trading
    • MATH 215 Linear Algebra
    • MATH 340 Differential Equations
    • MATH 403 Computational Data Analysis
    • MATH 407 Numerical Analysis
    • MATH 451 Wavelet Analysis
    • CS 314 Database Systems
    • CS 338 Time Series Analysis
    • CS 387 Deep Learning
    • ECON 301 Intermediate Microeconomics ECON 302 Int Macroeconomics

Contact

David Wallace - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Business Administration

Department - School Of Business And Economics