Financial Mathematics Curriculum Overview

Whether you seek to advance your career as a risk manager for a brokerage firm or an actuarial scientist who uses data to design better healthcare and insurance policies, a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics can help you get where you want to go. Pursuing the degree through the Johns Hopkins Engineering Home-to-Hopkins program gives you the opportunity to spend the first year studying at home, wherever that may be. It’s one of the most transformative master’s degrees offered today. The structure of this program provides the benefit of being able to apply for OPT.

Here’s a sample Financial Mathematics course of study for students enrolled in the Home-to-Hopkins program.

SAMPLE COURSE OF STUDY

YEAR ONE

Fall 2022 (FROM HOME)    

  • 625.603                Statistical Methods and Data Analysis
  • 625.661                Statistical Models and Regression

Spring 2023 (FROM HOME)  

  • 625.633                Monte Carlo Methods
  • 625.616                Optimization in Finance

YEAR TWO

Fall 2023 (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND) 

  • 553.644                Investment Science
  • 555.644                Intro to Financial Derivatives
  • 553.627                Stochastic Processes and Applications to Finance

Spring 2024 (IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND)

  • 553.645                Interest Rate & Credit Derivatives
  • 553.647                Quantitative Portfolio Theory
  • 553.641                Equity Markets and Quantitative Trading

Financial Mathematics Master's Program

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