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先修课
美国大多数院校的金融硕士项目不强制要求先修课，但是如果有转专业的同学申请，可以尽可能修读以下课程，提升自身竞争力。学生可以通过二学位，辅修学位，暑期课程，网课等方式多修课程。或者考取CFA Level I也对申请金融金工有帮助。
Ø 微积分
Ø 线性代数
Ø 概率论与数理统计or统计学
Ø 微观经济学
Ø 宏观经济学
Ø 公司金融
Ø 财务会计
Ø 财务管理等
Ø 如果偏QUANT，多修数学课，以及计算机编程等Computer Programming (Java, C, C++, Python, C#, R, Ruby, or Matlab)
以下是部分MSF项目对先修课的要求：
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Washington University in St.Louis
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Prerequisites
Applicants to the Corporate Finance & Investments and Wealth & Asset Management tracks should have taken Calculus I, Statistics, and Microeconomics.
Successful applicants to the Quantitative Finance track will demonstrate outstanding aptitude for advanced quantitative finance materials and a passion for the quantitative aspects of problem-solving. Students who have majored in Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Economics, Engineering, Physics, and Statistics are especially encouraged to apply to the Quantitative Finance track. Some background in the applications of computing to quantitative problem-solving is especially valuable.
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Boston College：
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The following prerequisites must be completed prior to beginning the BC MSF program. These courses must be taken at an accredited 4-year, not-for-profit, college or university. Courses to satisfy the prerequisites may be taken online.
Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in order to meet the requirement. Most students with an MBA or an undergraduate degree in business meet the prerequisites.
Full-Time and Part-Time Prerequisites
Accounting
Students should have completed a course focused on the development and use of accounting information to evaluate the status and performance of business enterprises. Specifically, students should have a thorough grounding in the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. The course should cover reporting of information for use by persons and institutions outside the enterprise as well as the use of accounting information in managerial decision making.
Calculus
Students should have completed an introductory course in Calculus covering a brief review of polynomials, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions, followed by discussion of limits, derivatives, and applications of differential calculus to real-world problem areas. The course concludes with an introduction to integration.
Financial Management
Students should have completed an introductory course in Finance that covers projected financial statements, the time value of money, capital budgeting, financial leverage, security valuation, risk/return, working capital management, and international finance. The course should also cover financial statistical analysis and tools of planning and control.
Statistics
Students should have completed a course focusing on the analytical tools of statistics that are applicable to management practice. The course should include descriptive statistics and probability and progress to inferential statistics relative to central tendency and dispersion. In addition to basic concepts of estimation and hypothesis testing, the course should include coverage of topics such as analysis of variance, regression, probability, hypothesis testing, Z-scores, P-values, the standard normal distribution, OLS regression, t-statistics, and Chi-square distributions.
Adjunct Course—Economics
The MSF Program also requires that students have a basic understanding of economics. Students must complete undergraduate- or graduate-level course work in microeconomics and macroeconomics before the MSF degree will be conferred. This coursework is not required to start the program.
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Brandeis University
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Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be completed prior to beginning the MSF program. Students must earn a minimum grade of “B” to meet the requirement.
These courses must be taken at an accredited three- or four-year, not-for-profit college or university. Each course must be at least at least 3 credits or the equivalent of a full semester course. Courses to satisfy prerequisites may alternately be taken online and students must be able to provide the verified grade in the course. Courses taken at other educational institutions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Financial Management
Students should have completed an introductory course in finance that covers projected financial statements, the time value of money, capital budgeting, financial leverage, security valuation, risk/return, working capital management and international finance. The course should also cover basic financial statistical analysis.
The Financial Management prerequisite can also be met by passing CFA Level 1.
Quantitative Methods
Students should have completed a course which emphasizes quantitative models and/or methods such as Statistics, Calculus, Econometrics, Data Analytics, Math Analysis, Real Analysis, Linear Algebra, Advanced Math or Math Modeling.
先修课网课途径
数学和统计课：
Ÿ Calculus One — Coursera
Ÿ Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers —Edx
Ÿ Introduction to Linear Models and Matrix Algebra —Edx
Ÿ Statistics with R Specialization — Coursera
Ÿ Introduction to Probability and Data – Coursera
金融课：
Ÿ Microeconomics Principles— Coursera
Ÿ Country Level Economics: Policies, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Performance — Coursera
Ÿ Econometrics: Methods and Applications — Coursera
Ÿ Corporate Financial Analysis — Edx
Ÿ Essentials of Corporate Finance Specialization— Coursera
Ÿ Financial Accounting: Foundations — Coursera
Ÿ Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics — Coursera
Ÿ Financial Accounting— Edx
金融实习
建议实习岗位
Ø 投行类部门：投资银行部（股本/并购/债券/票据）
Ø 业务类部门：固定收益、信用交易（融资融券）、企业与私人客户（理财零售/财富管理/资本市场）、销售交易部
Ø 产品类部门：研究部
Ø 管理支持类：合规和风险管理部、营运、金融咨询
Ø 四大：建议寒假实习，因为年底四大年审的任务量比较大，需要比较多的实习生，也能接触到比较核心的分析工作
Ø 其他决策机构：央行、证监会、银监会、保监会
Ø 企业集团、大型联合性企业及其他大型企业的财务公司
需要注意的是：国内券商的营业部其实对申请没有很大帮助，最好进入研究部、投资银行部等核心部门。
