BBA or BS in Business to Master of Science in Quantitative Finance Fast Track
About This Program
The Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Science in Business to Master of Science in Quantitative Finance Fast Track enables outstanding senior undergraduate students in the College of Business to satisfy degree requirements leading to Quantitative Finance MS while completing their undergraduate studies. Pathways are available from any undergraduate degree in the College that includes the required fast track foundations courses.
Associated Programs
For detailed information about the programs associated with this Fast Track, refer to their individual degree pages.
Finance BBA
Accounting BBA
Accounting BS
Economics BBA
Economics BS
Business Analytics BS
Entrepreneurship BBA
Human Resource Management BBA
Information Systems BBA
Information Systems BS
International Business BBA (Chinese)
International Business BBA (French)
International Business BBA (German)
International Business BBA (Korean)
International Business BBA (Russian)
International Business BBA (Spanish)
Management BBA
Marketing BBA
Operations & Supply Chain Management BBA
Admissions Criteria
An undergraduate Business student will apply:
- within 30 hours of completing a bachelor's degree
- upon completion of at least 30 hours at UTA, achieving an overall UTA GPA of 3.3 or better
- with an overall GPA of 3.3 or better in all college courses (at all schools), and
- with a UTA Business GPA of 3.3 or better.
Additionally, a candidate must have completed at UTA Arlington 12 hours of undergraduate fast track foundation courses with a minimum GPA of 3.5:
- ECON 3310 MICROECONOMICS or ECON 3312 MACROECONOMICS
- FINA 3313 BUSINESS FINANCE
- MANA 3318 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
- BSTAT 3321 INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS or BSTAT 3322 ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS
For automatic admission to the MS, students must complete the following graduate courses:
- FINA 5323 INVESTMENTS
- FINA 5351 FINANCIAL MODELING FOR INVESTMENTS, FINA 5352 FINANCIAL MODELING FOR CORPORATE ANALYSIS, or FINA 5376 FINANCIAL DATA ANALYTICS
- An MS foundations course or elective approved by advisor.
An undergraduate student who successfully completes the fast track graduate coursework with grades of B or better will graduate with the undergraduate degree and will be automatically admitted to graduate study. The student will not be required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), will not have to complete the normal Graduate School application for admission, and will not have to pay the related application fee.
Curriculum
| Baccalaureate Program | ||
| Complete non-elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following used to determine eligibility for the fast track: | 96 | |
| MICROECONOMICS | ||
or ECON 3312 | MACROECONOMICS | |
| BUSINESS FINANCE | ||
| MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | ||
or BSTAT 3322 | ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | |
| Complete elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following, which also count toward the MS: | 24 | |
| INVESTMENTS | ||
| FINANCIAL MODELING FOR INVESTMENTS | ||
or FINA 5352 | FINANCIAL MODELING FOR CORPORATE ANALYSIS | |
or FINA 5376 | FINANCIAL DATA ANALYTICS | |
An MS foundations course or elective approved by advisor. | ||
| MS Foundations | ||
| FINA 5327 | FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES | 3 |
| FINA 5350 | MATHEMATICAL FINANCE | 3 |
| Select all of the following not completed in BBA/BS: | 6 | |
| FINANCIAL MODELING FOR INVESTMENTS | ||
| FINANCIAL MODELING FOR CORPORATE ANALYSIS | ||
| FINANCIAL DATA ANALYTICS | ||
| ECON 5336 | APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DATA ANALYSIS I | 3 |
| INSY 5336 | PYTHON PROGRAMMING | 3 |
| MS Electives | ||
| Select 9 hours if elective course is taken in baccalaureate program; if a foundations course is taken, select 12. | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 147 | |