<p>But I am more interested in pursuing my career as a Financial Analyst.</p>
<p>I have got admit for masters program in Industrial Engineering from University of Washington. I am planning to take my major as operations research. I am also allowed to takes few courses (17 credits) from stats, maths department.</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me what kind of courses should one take?</p>
<p>Is it possible for an undergraduate to take courses related to Operations Research without any background of commerce to becomes one.</p>
<p>Is it possible to form a strong in finance using my above course work? Or should first do only OR , gain experience and then do MBA in finance??</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>The only math you need as a financial analyst can be done on a $1 calculator. If you’re referring to becoming a quant (financial engineering) then that’s a different story. I’d check with an adviser on that one.</p>
<p>a master’s in industrial engineering is not going to help you. If anything you should be going for a CFA.</p>
<p>UW started a Masters program in Computational Finance a couple of years ago. It’s a professional masters program that can be taken either live or on-line. That would better prepare you for a financial analyst career.</p>
<p>@[rainmaker9001] , @[OminousRun] …thanks for your reply. Actually I was thinking of taking Operations Research course (21 credits) , computational finance/stats (17 credits ) courses as my masters course structure.</p>
<p>Actually I want to do MBA after after getting couple of years of experience. So I though my work experience should be in line with my MBA. And as compared to other courses under Industrial Engineering OR would definitely give me an edge. But I do not know how much OR is used in business problem solving. Can somebody tell me that will OR courses help me form a strong foundation in applying maths to solve business problems.
Actually I was intending to do Financial Engineering but didnt managed to get it.
So Is it possible to design course structure similar to Financial Engineering by blending OR courses and stats?</p>
<p>You will probably be better off networking to be honest. Also, you will probably get better advice at wallstreetoasis</p>
<p>business majors forum is that way ------></p>