Quantitative Finance, MBA

Curriculum

Quantitative Finance Major Requirements

Core Requirements 1

1. FNCE 6110

   Corporate Finance
2. FNCE 6130

   Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment
3. Select 3-4 course units from the following: 2

   Not resolved to a course
   3-4
4. FNCE 7050

   Investment Management
5. FNCE 7170

   Financial Derivatives
6. FNCE 7190

   International Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies
7. FNCE 7250

   Fixed Income Securities
8. FNCE 7370

   Data Science for Finance
9. FNCE 7390

   Behavioral Finance
10. FNCE 7570

    Foundations of Asset Pricing
11. FNCE 8920

    Financial Engineering
12. Select up to 1 course unit of the following:

    Not resolved to a course
    1
13. ACCT 7470

    Financial Disclosure Analytics
14. FNCE 9210

    Introduction to Empirical Methods in

    As published: “Introduction to Empirical Methods in Finance”
15. OIDD 6530

    Mathematical Modeling and its Application

    As published: “Mathematical Modeling and its Application in Finance”
    1
16. STAT 5330

    Stochastic Processes
17. STAT 7110

    Forecasting Methods for Management

Electives

1. Select 5.5 course units of electives

   Not resolved to a course
   5.5

MBA Core Requirements

MBA Core Requirements

Accounting

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. ACCT 6110

   Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
   1
3. ACCT 6130

   Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting

Finance 1

Corporate Finance

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. FNCE 6110

   Corporate Finance
3. FNCE 6210

   Corporate Finance (Half CU)

Macroeconomics

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. FNCE 6130

   Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment
3. FNCE 6230

   Macroeconomics and The Global

   As published: “Macroeconomics and The Global Economic Environment (Half CU)”

Legal Studies

1. LGST 6110

   Responsibility in Global Management

   or: LGST 6120 Responsibility in Business

   or: LGST 6130 Business, Social Responsibility, and the Environment
   0.5

Microeconomics

1. BEPP 6110

   Microeconomics for Managers

   As published: “Microeconomics for Managers: Foundations”
   0.5
2. BEPP 6120

   Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced

   As published: “Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced Applications”
   0.5

Management

1. MGMT 6100

   Foundations

   As published: “Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership”
   0.5
2. MGMT 6110

   Managing Established Enterprises

   or: MGMT 6120 Management of Emerging Enterprises
   1

Marketing

1. MKTG 6110

   Marketing Management
   0.5
2. MKTG 6120

   Dynamic Marketing Strategy

   or: MKTG 6130 Strategic Marketing Simulation
   0.5

OIDD

1. Select one unit of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5-1
2. OIDD 6110

   Quality and Productivity
   1
3. OIDD 6120

   Business Analytics
4. OIDD 6130

   Online Business Models and the Information-Based Firm
5. OIDD 6140

   Innovation
6. OIDD 6150

   Operations Strategy
   0.5
7. OIDD 6620

   Enabling Technologies
   1
8. OIDD 6900

   Managerial Decision Making
   2

Statistics

1. STAT 6130

   Regression Analysis for Business

   As published: “Regression Analysis for Business 2”

   or: STAT 6210 Accelerated Regression Analysis for Business
   1

Management Communication

1. Select one of the following options:

   Not resolved to a course
   0.5
2. WHCP 6160

   Management Communication

   As published: “Management Communication 3”

   or: WHCP 6180 Entrepreneurial Communication
   3

Writing Requirement

MBA students are required to demonstrate mastery of persuasive writing for a business audience. This is tested on an online Writing Waiver Exam that incoming MBA's complete the summer before they matriculate. Students unable to demonstrate mastery on this exam are required to take WHCP 6210: Foundations of Business Writing in the fall of their first year. This pass/fail, 0 CU course is designed to provide students with the instruction and support they will need to achieve mastery in persuasive writing for a business audience.

Second Year Requirement:

Students must satisfy the following requirements during their second year in the program: (1) maintain a Wharton GPA that is greater than 2.33 in each semester of their second year, and (2) have no more than 4 CU of Wharton courses with a grade less than or equal to 2.33 (C+ or lower) in their second year.

Curriculum

Global Experience Concentration

1. Students must complete 2 CU in WHG 5000-level or above

   Not resolved to a course
   2
2. Select at least 1 CU from the following: 1

   Not resolved to a course
   1

Accounting

1. ACCT/FNCE 7970

   Taxes and Business Strategy

   Not resolved to a course

Business Economics and Public Policy

1. BEPP/OIDD 7630

   Energy Markets and Policy

   Not resolved to a course
2. BEPP/ACCT 7640

   Climate and Financial Markets

   Not resolved to a course
3. BEPP 7890

   Economic Globalization: Policy, History and

   As published: “Economic Globalization: Policy, History and Contemporary Issues”

Finance

1. FNCE 7190

   International Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies
2. FNCE 7310

   Global Valuation and Risk Analysis
3. FNCE 7320

   International Banking
4. FNCE 7400

   Central Banks, Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets
5. FNCE 7540

   ESG and Impact Investing
6. FNCE 7560

   Energy Finance

Health Care Management

1. HCMG 8590

   Comparative Health Care Systems
2. HCMG 8680

   Private Sector Role in Global Health

Legal Studies and Business Ethics

1. LGST 7500

   Global (Anti-)Money Laundering
2. LGST 8020

   Law of Corporate Management and Finance

Management

1. MGMT 6240

   Leading Across Cultural and Relational Differences
2. MGMT 7150

   Political Environment of the Multinational Firm
3. MGMT 7200

   Corporate Diplomacy
4. MGMT 7230

   Strategy and Environmental Sustainability
5. MGMT 7870

   Global Management of Digital Businesses
6. MGMT 7880

   Managing and Competing in China
7. MGMT 8090

   Private Equity in Emerging Markets
8. MGMT 8170

   Global Growth of Emerging Firms
9. MGMT 8330

   Strategies and Practices of Family

   As published: “Strategies and Practices of Family-controlled Companies”
10. MGMT 8710

    Advanced Global Strategy
    1
11. MGMT 8750

    Comparative Capitalism

Marketing

Operations, Information, and Decisions

1. OIDD 6730

   Global Supply Chain Mgmt

   As published: “Global Supply Chain Mgmt.”
2. OIDD 6970

   Retail Operations
3. OIDD/BEPP 7610

   Climate Risks and Opportunities

   Not resolved to a course
4. OIDD/LGST 7620

   Environmental Sustainability and Value Creation

   Not resolved to a course

Real Estate

1. REAL 7050

   Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and

   As published: “Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and Culture”
2. REAL 7300/BEPP 7730/FNCE 7300

   Urban Fiscal Policy

   Not resolved to a course
3. REAL 8360

   International Housing Comparisons
   1