Information/Essays:

The Master of Science in Financial Economics requires four semesters of full-time study (fall and spring) at Columbia Business School.
Students complete a minimum of 16 full graduate-level courses including a research seminar, in which they conduct a research project on an industry-focused research question. Students are also required to complete a summer internship for at least six weeks, which involves working as an intern in a company or doing research assistance work for a faculty member. The internship will preferably be tied closely to a student's research seminar project.

Transfer Credit Policy

Columbia Business School does not accept transfer credits toward the MS degree. 

Eligibility Criteria:

Prior to commencing the program, all admitted students would be required to complete the following courses at an advanced undergraduate level: 
•    Probability 
•    Statistics 
•    Microeconomics
•    Calculus 1, 2 and 3 
•    Linear Algebra

Given the Program’s mathematical intensity, all admitted MS students must successfully complete the “Math Camp” refresher course offered jointly by the Economics Department and the Business School PhD Program. This class begins in late summer prior to the first semester’s classes.


Required courses:

• Ph.D. level courses:
• B8207 Microeconomic Analysis I
• B8208 Microeconomic Analysis II
• B9302 Finance Theory I
• B9311-020 Introduction to Econometrics
• B9311-021 Financial Econometrics II
• B9207 Aggregate Behavior and Asset Pricing
• B9311-015 Empirical Asset Pricing I
• B9311-012 Corporate Finance Theory
• B9311-011 Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance

MBA Level courses:

• B6302 Capital Markets & Investments (MBA)

Other:

• English Language Course (for some students)
• Thesis seminar

Elective courses:

• Ph.D. level courses:
• B9311-016 Empirical Asset Pricing II
• B9311-008 Models & Methods of Continuous Time Finance
• B9311-013 International Finance

MBA Level courses:

• B8311 Options Markets
• B8399 Behavioral Finance      
• B8312 Advanced Derivatives
• B8399 International Financial Management
• B8399-017 Fixed Income Derivatives
• B8835 Security pricing: Models and Computation

Class Profile & Deadlines:

The application deadlines for the Master of Science in Financial Economics are:

• Early Decision: February 1, 2011
• Regular Decision: April 1, 2011