Quantitative Finance Track

Pending SACSCOC approval

Quantitative Finance Degree Requirements

Students should refer to their DegreeWorks degree audit in their Web for Students account for more information regarding their degree requirements.

ACCT 525Administrative Controls 13
FIN 565Managerial Finance 23
ECO 576Macroeconomic Theory and Policy 33
ECO 510Quantitative Analysis with Data Science3
MGT 527Managerial Policy and Strategy3
Choose 5 courses from the following:15
Investment Management
Financial Statement Analysis
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning
Financial Markets and Institutions
Empirical Research in Financial Markets and Institutions
Data Analytics
Total Hours required for the Degree30
1

If the student does not have credit for 6 SCH Principles of Acct. I & II, then ACCT 526 Accounting for Managers is required as a prerequisite for ACCT 525 Administrative Controls and cannot be used as a Graduate Business elective.

2

If the student does not have credit for 3sch Financial Management, them FIN 545 is required as a prerequisite for FIN 565 and cannot be used as a Graduate Business Elective

3

If the student does not have credit for 6 SCH Principles or Elements of Economics I & II, then ECO 577 History of Economic Thought is required as a prerequisite for ECO 576 Macroeconomic Theory and Policy and cannot be used as a Graduate Business elective.

 Note: The university will not count grades lower than “C” toward a graduate degree, but the university will use those grades to calculate the GPA. The university considers a course with a grade of “D” or “F” completed, and the GPA will reflect those grades.