Combining computer science and business courses, this course of study prepares students for cutting edge careers in finance and industry.    This innovative curriculum merges technological prowess with financial acumen to ensure that graduates are in the forefront of scientific and entrepreneurial thought. Our students have pursued internships and gone on to careers with such prestigious companies as Goldman Sachs & Co, Siemens Corporate Research, GE Capital, and GlaxoSmithKline.

The CIS MSE Financial Curriculum consists of the following components:

(a) Four core courses from the following list, including at least one of either 501 or 505 and at least one of either 502 or 511:

CIS 500/Software Foundations (Fall)
CIS 501/Computer Architecture (Fall)
CIS 502/Analysis of Algorithms (Spring)
CIS 505/Software Systems (Spring)
CIS 511/Theory of Computation (Spring)
CIS 520/Artificial Intelligence  (Fall)

(b) Three CIS electives; the following courses are recommended for this requirement:

CIS 550/Database and Information Systems (Fall)

CIS 555/Internet and Web Systems (Spring)

CIS 899/Independent Study or other CIS course as approved by advisor.

(c) Engineering Math (ENM) 503/Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Fall)

(d) Two Operations and Information Management (Wharton School of Business) courses:

OPIM 661/Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation

OPIM 672/Decision Support Systems

(OPIM 661 and OPIM 672 are offered in either the Fall semester or the Spring semester, depending on the Wharton School of Business schedule.)

For a total of ten courses.

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A possible schedule of studies would be:

First semester/Fall                                     Third Semester/Fall

CIS 500                                                     CIS 899

OPIM 661                                                  ENM 503

CIS 550                                                     CIS 501 

                                                                                  OPIM 672

Second Semester/Spring

CIS 502                                                    

CIS 505

CIS 555