 |  General Information
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Financial Engineering students will gain the theoretical knowledge and specialized skills necessary to develop new financial instruments and to understand the role of financial instruments in risk management. Graduates will find career opportunities in the financial industry with banks, investment firms, brokerage houses and other financial institutions as well as risk management departments of large corporations and consulting firms.
The Financial Engineering Diploma (Stand Alone) consists of five Master’s-level courses offered by the Schulich School of Business and the Graduate Program of Mathematics and Statistics. This diploma program will be of particular interest to students with strong quantitative backgrounds in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering science, or computing looking to accelerate their career in financial management.
As such, the diploma offers a unique opportunity for graduates with relevant degrees to combine prior quantitative training with the
Schulich advantage.
STUDY OPTIONS
PART-TIME STUDY (Keele Campus)
- normal part-time load is 6.0 credit-hours of courses for Summer and Fall, 3.0 credit hours for Winter term
- Summer (May) admission only
PROGRAM LENGTH
Students have a maximum of six consecutive terms to complete the requirements for the Financial Engineering Diploma (Stand Alone). Students may not enrol in courses other than those specified for the Financial Engineering Diploma (Stand Alone).
GRADING SYSTEM
| Letter Grade | Index | Interpretation |
| A+ | 9 |  |
| A | 8 | Excellent |
| A- | 7 |  |
| B+ | 6 |  |
| B | 5 | Good |
| B- | 4 |  |
| C+ | 3 |  |
| C | 2 | Acceptable |
| C- | 1 |  |
| F | 0 | Failing |
| P | 0 | Pass (Courses taken on exchange) |
ACADEMIC POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Academic Policies and Regulations as laid out in the Graduate Handbook of the Schulich School of Business shall apply to all students registered in the Financial Engineering Diploma (Stand Alone), except where otherwise specified. These include general policies and regulations, as well as those on academic honesty examinations, grade appeals, debarment, and others, and all York University rules regulations and policies.
PROMOTION & GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
| ~ | overall cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 4.2 at the end of each of the first two terms. Graduation requires successful completion of specified courses totaling 15.0 credit hours with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 4.4 (B-), excluding failures |
| ~ | Failure in a course (3.0 credit hours) will result in withdrawal from the Diploma Program. Withdrawal may be appealed to the Schulich Student Affairs Committee. |
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click here to see the Financial Engineering (Stand Alone) Web site. |
