Background Required
Mathematical Courses Calculus I and II Multivariable Courses Linear Algebra Differential Equations (ODE and PDE’s) Probability Statistics Econometrics Numerical Analysis
Computer Science Courses Computer Science I and II( C++, C#, VBA, Splus, Matlab) Algorithms Databases Data Structures Object Oriented Programming Artificial Intelligence
Finance Courses Econometrics Securities and Investments Risk Management and Insurance
Books Paul Wilmott on Quantitative Finance, by Paul Wilmott Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, by John C. Hull More books:
Masters Levels Programs Mathematical Finance / Quantitative Finance/ Operations Research / Computational Finance 1.NYU 2.Carnegie Mellon 3.Columbia 4.Stanford University derivatives.com/index.php?option=com_conte nt&task=view&id=54#usa
Graduate Level Courses Financial Derivatives Stochastic Calculus Grad level Probability and Statistics PDE for Finance Quantitative Trading Strategies Computing in Finance Risk Management Continuous Time Finance Capital Markets and Portfolio Theory
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