Required Background
MSFE Admissions Requirement: A strong record of achievement in quantitative coursework including multivariate calculus, linear algebra and advanced statistics and probability.
Area: Calculus
Equivalent at Temple University
Mathematics 2043. Calculus III
Topics include vectors in two or three dimensions, lines and planes in space, parametric equations, vector functions and their derivatives, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line integrals, and Green`s, Divergence and Stoke`s theorems.
Area: Linear Algebra
Equivalent at Temple University:
Mathematics 2101. Linear Algebra
This course covers vectors and vector spaces, matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, linear transformations, inner products and orthogonality, and eigenvectors and eigenvalues.
Area: Statistics and Probability
Equivalent at Temple University:
Mathematics 3031. Probability Theory (Calculus-based)
Counting techniques, axiomatic definition of probability, conditional probability, independence of events, Bayes Theorem, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, expected values, moments and moment generating functions, joint probability distributions, functions of random variables, covariance and correlation.
Mathematics 3032. Mathematical Statistics (Calculus-based)
Random sampling, sampling distributions, Student`s t, chi-squared and F distributions, unbiasedness, minimum variance unbiased estimators, confidence intervals, tests of hypothesis, Neyman-Pearson Lemma, and uniformly most powerful tests.
MSFE Admissions Requirement: Prior or anticipated exposure in finance and computer programming through college coursework OR work experience OR self-study (summer prior to program start):
Area: Finance
Equivalent at Temple University:
Finance 3101. Principles of Financial Management (or Investments)
This course provides a survey of the financial problems associated with the life cycle of a business firm. Topics include: financial analysis and planning, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and the sources and uses of business funds.
Area: Computer Programming (Recommended C++)
Equivalent at Temple University:
MIS 3501. Object Oriented Programming (C#)
CIS 3501. Programming & High Level Languages (Java)
