The MFE Program

Philosophy

Shidler’s rigorous MFE program is designed to compete with the nation’s top schools, employing world-class professors and practitioners to guarantee the highest academic standards.

Perks of the Program

• Small class size (35 student max)
• Laptops are provided for the duration of the program
• We are one of the few programs to offer a course on weather derivatives and environmental finance
• We have a Bloomberg terminal and the latest books and journals
• Lectures are recorded in our high tech class room for students to review
• Job interview training is provided as well as aggressive job placement
• Students have an opportunity to take part in applying what they learn to advise a hedge fund with over $100,000 under management

 

Academic Calendar

The MFE is an intensive one-year program, commencing in August and finishing exactly one year later. Our full-time academic calendar consists of a Fall Semester, Spring Semester, a Summer 1 term, and a Summer 2 Internship term from mid-July to the end of August. We are also accepting part time students. *Part time students are considered on a case by case basis. For additional information contact us.

Courses

Fall Semester	PDEs & Stochastic Calculus	Programming in Finance	Capital Markets & Portfolio Optimization	Financial Derivatives
Spring Semester	Financial Forecasting & Econometrics	Insurance & Risk Management	Credit & Correlation Modeling	Environmental Finance & Weather Derivatives
Summer One	Stochastic Modeling in Finance & Related Fields	Master Project in Cooperation with Industry	Public Presentation
Summer Two	Career Development Opportunities (Not a Course)