<p>I was not asking about the MFE programs, I was simply asking about the non-financial engineering ones that seems to be reputable programs from what I’ve garnered from their respective webpages and my interactions with those who know the programs. </p>
<p>As for math background, what I should have said was that I didn’t pursue a quantitative major (or minor) in college. I did take advanced placement calculus way back in high school and I took an economics course at school as well (I scored well in both subjects).</p>
<p>I do quantitative work daily in my current job (including six sigma projects) and am no slouch at math in general, I just simply don’t have a rigorous calculus or economics background that MFE programs require. </p>
<p>My goal is to get an MBA perhaps later on, but as for now, I want to make a career change to corporate finance (or something similar) and want to do so pre-MBA if possible. Yes, I could wait a few more years and try and study finance at business school, and I’m seriously considering that as well, but for now I’ve decided to try and pursue it now rather than have to grind out a few more years wishing that I could do something that I’ve recently became interested in. </p>
<p>I figure that the one-year programs at these schools appear reputable enough and have solid enough career services to give me a chance to compete for finance jobs. I don’t believe that I’d be able to do so now with a major in Communications and having attended a lesser-know school from the west. </p>
<p>I have had a few people recommend that I simply take the CFA exam, but my understanding is that it only really opens doors for certain finance-related jobs, and corporate finance is not among them generally–please correct me if I’m misinformed here, which I very well may be. </p>
<p>The MFE subject wouldn’t have come up most likely, but the thread was partially hijacked a few weeks ago, but perhaps it’s due to me not explaining myself enough. That said, I appreciate everyone’s comments thus far.</p>