COMM 4230 - Financial Systems Engineering

Information technology is an essential ingredient for success in the fast-paced financial industry. Comm 423 aims at giving you a competitive advantage in your next IT, Finance or Accounting job by helping you understand and experience the role and potential of technology in finance. By the end of the class, you will be able to tell an exciting story about how you and your team developed a financial system to trade securities and used it to participate in the yearly McIntire Hedge Tournament. You will be able to discuss how you used IT to manage a $50 mil portfolio in turbulent financial markets, the financial strategies that you chose to hedge your risks, and the challenges and the victories of managing a fairly complex IT project. Prerequisite: Fourth year Commerce standing or instructor permission.

Credits: 3