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Financial Markets

Course Requirements
Major Academic Plan
Career Paths

RequirementsClass NumberClass NameHours*OfferedPrerequisites
Complete AllECON 388Introduction to Econometrics3:3:0Contact DepartmentECON 378
ECON 380Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 13:3:0Contact DepartmentECON 110 
& Math 112 or 113
ECON 382Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 23:3:0Contact DepartmentECON 378
& ECON 380
& (ECON 210 or STDEV 317 or STDEV 318)
ECON 450Financial Economics3:3:0Contact DepartmentECON 382
& ECON 388
Recommended but not required
MATH 435Mathematical Finance3:3:0Winter even yearsMATH 431
FIN 585RPre-PhD Finance Seminar
3:3:0F-
Indirectly RequiredECON 378 Statistics for economists3:3:0Contact DepartmentECON 110 
& Math 112 or 113
ECON 110Economic principles and problems3:3:0Contact Department-

ECON 210 

or 

STDEV 317 

or 

STDEV 318

Career Preparation Seminar1:1:0Contact Department-
Job and Internship Search Strategies2:2:0F/W-
Graduate School Preparation: Practical Strategies for Becoming a More Competitive Applicant2:2:0All Semesters/Terms-

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After graduation, students have gone into the both the workforce and graduate programs. The following table shows some of the career paths our graduates have followed:

Job Title

Master's Degree Subject

Business Analyst

Data Scientist

Quantitative

Strategist

Software Engineer

Computational and Mathematical Engineering