computational finance major info

metroplex
Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:39:45 +0000

i’ve read through [Bachelor of Science in Computation Finance](Bachelor of Science in Computation Finance) and the courses seem really interesting and more math heavy than a major in finance involves. is it basically a finance major with a minor in applied mathematics?

the site says that there are only ten slots available per graduating class, but that’s rarely a reason that people that apply for the major are rejected. does that mean not many people apply, or that <10 of the people that apply are qualified?

if anyone knows more about the program or knows who i can contact/where i can look to get more info, i’d really appreciate it! i’ll be a freshman at tepper this fall, but the tepper adviser hasn’t contacted his/her students yet so i’m trying to get an idea of how my schedule might differ from the standard four year plan for tepper if i were to try and be a competitive applicant for the computational finance program @ cmu.