<p>By how much would taking these classes in undergrad make me more “appealing” to employers?</p>
<p>Really, no one?</p>
<p>I guess it would depend on your desired job and career path.</p>
<p>i think they will look for quant heavy classes alongside the classes you mentioned, because most positions in derivatives etc involve quant heavy work</p>
<p>I doubt it makes much of a difference, unless your entire degree is in mathematical finance, computational finance, or something of the like in which case you have a slight advantage (all else being equal). It is much more important that you attend a target school and get solid grades in whatever you choose to study.</p>
<p>I was offered a position in derivatives trading at a BB, and all I had was a BSc in economics with no real finance classes whatsoever (except intro to finance, which I didn’t even indicate on my resume), and an internship as a researcher at a tiny company nobody ever heard of.</p>
<p>Borrowed a book and learned most of what I needed to know about option pricing for interviews in about 3 days, with some help from a friend who is a finance major. The more intricate stuff is taught in ongoing training run by the firm.</p>