Is programming an important part of the MFM degree?
Programming is an important part of the activities of many quantitative analysts, and so we have a single required course sequence FM 5091/5092 which emphasizes programming and presentation skills. It’s not “heavy duty” programming however. Most quants prepare short pieces of code to do tasks and then, if the code works well and becomes important, more serious programmers are involved in optimizing it. Also, a significant part of FM 5092 will be devoted to the use of technology in presentation of technical ideas to a non-technical audience.
