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MBA in Quantitative Finance
The quantitative finance concentration is a STEM finance program within the Babson MBA. With a heavy focus on programming and financial modeling, you will develop the skills needed to analyze financial markets.
An MBA Finance Concentration with STEM Finance Program Credentials
The programming and financial modeling skills you gain by concentrating in quantitative finance will set you up for a rewarding career in the financial services industry. Students will have the preparation and skillset for a wide variety of career paths, including investment banking, quantitative asset management and trading, financial engineering, risk management, and equity and fixed income research.
The MBA in quantitative finance concentration is STEM-designated, meaning students graduating with this concentration may be eligible for 36 months of OPT vs. 12 months for students in non-STEM degree programs.
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Babson's academic centers and institutes provide students with experiences, mentors, events, resources, and more. Through the Centers, students put the concepts they learn in class into practice in the real world. Quantitative finance concentrators are encouraged to get involved with the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance.
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Faculty in the quantitative finance concentration teach graduate level courses across the Graduate School. When they’re not in the classroom, they conduct groundbreaking research, consult for companies, and publish in leading media outlets and academic journals.
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MBA in Quantitative Finance Curriculum
The quantitative finance concentration is a 12 credit commitment. Three of your credits must come from Derivatives: Theory and Practice, the only required course in this STEM finance program. The other nine credits can be taken from a wide array of finance and economics courses. Class offerings change; all courses may not be listed here.
All quantitative finance concentrators must take this core derivatives course:
- FIN7550 Derivatives: Theory and Practice, 3 credits
Choose at least two electives from the following list:
- FIN7513 Fixed Income, 3 credits
- FIN7516 Corporate Finance: Evaluating Opportunities, 3 credits
- FIN7518 Managing Portfolios, 3 credits
- FIN7545 Financial Trading Strategies, 3 credits
Choose one elective from the following list, or a third elective from Requirement B.
- FIN7504 Risk Management, 3 credits
- FIN7573 Investment Banking and Financial Modeling, 3 credits
- ECN7520 Economic and Financial Forecasting, 3 credits
- ECN7510 Financial Macroeconomic Data Analysis, 3 credits
- QTM7571 Business Intelligence, Analytics, & Visualization, 3 credits
Additional Information
For more information on the quantitative finance concentration coursework, requirements, or for other questions, please contact Assistant Professor Jasmina Hasanhodzic.
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Learn more about our Master of Finance, a 9 month, STEM-designated degree designed to help resourceful finance professionals make critical business decisions. Gain functional, deeply quantitative knowledge so that you can delve into finance at a deep level.