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Program Requirements for Management (Master of Financial Eng)
Applicable only to students admitted during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Management
John E. Anderson School of Management
Graduate Degrees
The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctoral of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Management, the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree, and the Master of Financial Engineering (M.F.E.) degree. In addition, there are a number of degree programs, offered in cooperation with other graduate and professional degree programs on campus, that lead to the M.B.A. and another degree. The school also offers the Executive M.B.A. Program (EMBA) and the M.B.A. for the Fully Employed (FEMBA).
Master of Financial Engineering
Admission
Program Name
Management: Master of Financial Engineering
Address
110 Westwood Plaza, Suite C310
Box 951481
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Phone
(310) 825-3103
Leading to the degree of
M.F.E.
Admission Limited to
Fall (November)
Deadline to apply
June 30th
GRE (General and/or Subject)
GMAT or GRE
Letters of Recommendation
2
Other Requirements
In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit the departmental application.
A strong quantitative background including, at minimum, linear algebra, multivariate calculus, and statistics, is expected. Applicants with prior work in computer programming, differential equations, numerical methods, advanced statistics, and probability theory, are preferred.
Master’s Degree
Advising
The faculty director of the MFE program is in charge of student advising.
Areas of Study
Financial Engineering.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
52 units of coursework are required for the degree. All courses must be at the graduate level. In exceptional circumstances a maximum of four units of 500-series coursework may be applied to the course requirements. The curriculum consists of four components: (1) core courses; (2) financial institution seminars/career development workshops;(3) a summer internship; and (4) an applied finance project. The core courses, which consist of 48 units from Management 237 category, provide the skills, theoretical and applied, that students need to work in the area of quantitative finance. The financial institution seminars present finance practitioners who discuss such topics as the opportunities available to graduates of the program, the skills needed to succeed in financial engineering, and emerging changes in the financial world. The four-unit applied finance project, Management 237N, is designed to provide in-depth exposure to at least one major task that graduates will be expected to perform in the workplace.
Teaching Experience
Not Required.
Field Experience
Summer Internship Required.
Comprehensive Examination Plan
The comprehensive examination requirement is fulfilled by successful completion of the applied finance project. This project is designed to provide an in-depth exposure to at least one major task students will be expected to fulfill in the workplace. The project will develop or utilize existing quantitative finance tools and techniques. The faculty member who supervises the project and two other faculty members appointed by the faculty program director are responsible for evaluating the project.
Thesis Plan
None.
Time-to-Degree
Approximately 13 months from graduate admission to award of the degree, including a summer internship.
Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination
University Policy
A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.