Chair: Shelly Howton, PhD.
Associate Chair: Amy Kratchman
Associate Chair: Caitlin Dannhauser, PhD.
Office: 2019 Bartley Hall
Telephone: 610-519-7395
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Students intending to major in Finance, may apply to pursue the Applied Quantitative Finance (AQF) concentration. All interested students should apply to the AQF program director, Stephen Padovano(stephen.padovano@villanova.edu) by July 15 prior to the start of sophomore year. A second application opportunity will occur for any remaining spots following the Fall semester. The application deadline for the second opportunity is before January 5.
Math Requirements (8 Credits)
If students receive AP credits for MAT 1505, they must take MAT 3100 (Applied Linear Algebra) or MAT 3400 (Linear Algebra) as the replacement course.
Statistics Requirements (6 Credits)
FIN 2360 does not fulfill a FIN EL requirement.
Computer Science/Analytics (7 Credits)
Economics Requirement (3 Credits)
Specific FIN Electives for Quant Finance Concentration (9 Credits)
Note: FIN 2360, FIN 3350, FIN 3360, and FIN 3470 (6 cr.) do not count toward Finance elective courses.
3 cr. FIN Elective
Except FIN 2360, FIN 3350, FIN 3360, and FIN 3470 (6 cr.).
Also note:
- Students pursing the Applied Quantitative Finance concentration may not also minor in AIML minor due to similarity of coursework.
- MIS 2020 is the only course that can be shared between MIS major and Applied Quantitative Finance concentration.
- Math minors may substitute FIN 2360 with STAT 5700.