FM at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FM coursework.

• FM 5002Preparation Financial Math IIopens 6 courses (1 directly)
• FM 5011Math background for Finance Iopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• FM 5021Math Theory Applied Finance Iopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• FM 5012Math Background for Finance IIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• FM 5022Math Theory Applied Finance IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FM 5031Practitioner's Finance Iopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 10 FM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more FM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at FM 5032

  1. FM 5001Preparation Financial Math I
  2. FM 5002Preparation Financial Math II
  3. FM 5011Math background for Finance I
  4. FM 5012Math Background for Finance II
  5. FM 5022Math Theory Applied Finance II
  6. FM 5032Practitioner's Finance II

• 5 courses deep, ending at FM 5031

  1. FM 5001Preparation Financial Math I
  2. FM 5002Preparation Financial Math II
  3. FM 5011Math background for Finance I

• 2 courses deep, ending at FM 5092

  1. FM 5091Computation in Finance I
  2. FM 5092Computation in Finance II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FM yet.

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Department events

FM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Minnesota campus feed.