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Fall Reception for Math-Finance Program
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The Fall Reception for the Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program at UNC Charlotte will be held on Thursday, August 16th at 6:30 in Salons B and C of the Barnhardt Student Activity Center (Halton Arena.) Mr. Doug Gardner, Head of Model Validation and Approval in Market Risk Management, will speak. Please come join us to welcome our new students. This will also be an excellent opportunity for faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the program to gather, and to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. |
Important Graduation Dates
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Students that are preparing to graduate must complete two forms: the "Admission to Candidacy" and the "Application for Degree" forms. These forms must be completed and turned in far in advance of the graduation date. For the 2006-2007 academic year, these dates are:
Full details this process, and the forms, may be found at the graduate school web-site: http://www.uncc.edu/gradmiss/c_graduation.html In addition, you must also schedule and complete the comprehensive exam. Please see Dr. Buttimer for more information. |
Sun Microsystems Donates Trading Room to UNC Charlotte
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UNC Charlotte mathematical students will have the opportunity to study in a state-of-the-art trading room beginning in the Summer, 2006 semester, thanks to a generous donation by Sun Microsystems. The trading room, which contains 25 SunRay terminals, which are powered by 2 dedicated SunFire servers, will allow students to get hands-on experience using the same software and systems that professional traders use.
Click on the thumbnail images above to see detailed pictures of the room. In addition to the Sun terminals, the Trading Room is also the center for data resources in the Math-Finance program. Through the trading room students have access to a variety of data systems including:
Students in the Math-Finance program will have the opportunity to to take many courses in the trading room. Courses currently scheduled for the room include:
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Mathematical Finance Now Part of Academic Common Market The Academic Common Market is a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) project. It is a cooperative agreement between North Carolina and 15 other southern states that enables residents to pursue unique master's and doctoral degree programs offered at public institutions in other states while paying in-state tuition. The Mathematical Finance program has now been added to North Carolina's inventory of Academic Common Market eligible programs. This means that some out of state students may be able to attend the Mathematical Finance program and pay in-state tuition. For full details on North Carolina's participation in the Academic Common Market program, including application procedures, please see the UNC System Academic Common Market web-site at: |
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