A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Financial Engineering (MS)
- Credential class
- ceterms:MasterDegree
- CIP
- 52.0810
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 190150
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_190150_da97d472
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Required Core Courses
major core · 0 items
Required Core Courses
major core · 8 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Financial Engineering Practitioners Seminar Series (0 credits) 1”0.00
- As published: “MSFE Quantitative and Computational Bootcamp (0 credits)”0.00
Sample Plan (36 points)
0 items
Fall Semester
0 items
Choose nine points from the following required core courses: 2
major core · 5 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Financial Engineering Practitioners Seminar Series (0 credits)”0.00
- As published: “MSFE Quantitative and Computational Bootcamp (0 credits)”0.00
Plus Financial Engineering electives, 3-6 points 3
electives · 0 items
Spring Semester
0 items
Required core courses (9 points): 2
major core · 3 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
Plus Financial Engineering electives, 3–6 points 3
electives · 0 items
Summer and/or Fall Semester
0 items
(For remaining credits) 2
40 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- or: IEOR E4403 QUANTITATIVE CORPORATE FINANCE3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 1.50
- 3.00
- 1.50
- 3.00
- 3
- 1.50
- 1.50
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 1.50
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 1.00-3.00
- 1.00-1.50
- or: ORCS E6529 Advanced Reinforcement Learning3.00
- 4.50
- 4.50
- 4.50
- 4.5
- 3.00
- 3.00
Some pre-approved CBS electives that may satisfy MSFE electives
electives · 13 items
- 3.00
- FINC B8307Advanced Corporate FinanceNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8308DEBT MARKETSNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8309Derivatives (Half-Term)Not resolved to a course
- FINC B8310Advanced Blockchain and Smart Contracts CourseNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8323ASSET MANAGEMENTNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8325Mergers ＆ AcquisitionsNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8326Capital Markets RegulationNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8343Private Equity FinanceNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8347Financial Crises, Regulatory ResponsesNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8348Emerging Financial MarketsNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8352Financing Energy InfrastructureNot resolved to a course
- FINC B8354Personal FinanceNot resolved to a course
Additional Financial Engineering electives will be offered 3
electives · 0 items
Source. Columbia University in the City of New York, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-engineering/academic-departments-programs/industrial-engineering-operations-research/graduate-programs/financial-engineering-ms/. Captured page pages/0444.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.