Proposal #21
Proposal Title: Professional degrees in Financial Modeling
Anticipated Savings/Revenue: ???
Units affected: School of Business, Mathematics, Economics.
Impacted Degrees/Courses:
Brief Description of Proposal:
According to Wikipedia, Financial Modeling "is the task of building an abstract representation (a model) of a financial decision making situation. This is a mathematical model, such as a computer simulation, designed to represent (a simplified version of) the performance of a financial asset or a portfolio, of a business, a project, or any other form of financial investment. Many financial models are inherently stochastic."
Between the school and departments listed above, we have the expertise to
offer such a professional program at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
And the San Francisco Bay Area is one the best places to offer such a program
(UC Berkeley has some courses on the topic offered through University Extension).
It would be conceived as a professional degree, a joint venture involving
business, mathematics and economics, taught in weekend and evening classes
and self funded.
Note: Proposals are posted as submitted, without
editing other than to remove the submitter's contact information.
