C++ Programming for Financial Engineering

I guess many people think that today, you can find everything you need to learn something new (e.g. programming language, car tuning) on youtube or on other platforms.
To a certain extent, this might be correct, but there is no substitute for a well structured syllabus, good video lectures, challenging excercises and a supporting online community. Only by actually coding, you learn how to code. And in this course, you are required to code a lot. There are almost no theretical or academic questions. Most excerices are hands on coding excercises. This course teaches you C++ skills beyond most college or university courses. Therefore, if you want to learn C++, you are doing everything righty by enrolling in this course.

I greatly appreciate all your efforts for holding this class. The TAs answer to my questions quickly and the video instruction is pretty clear.

My original goal is to learn C++ and apply this technique to option pricing in Monte Carlo method. Your course has perfectly satisfied my demands and even exceeds my expectation. Thank you again for all your efforts.

Absolutely yes. From basic to deeper, exercises and discussion on forum allow me to learn and apply.

I think the assignments are really good. We can learn C++ in a progressive process. The quiz in the videos is also inspiring, but I think some more hints about it would be more beneficial.

Great course, which is seem to be easy and then unfolds into complex and challenging studying. I've never met similar courses before, where so much attention was paid to const methods and necessity of data hiding (and incapsulation is one of the main features of OOP) and reusability of written code. 100% useful!

This course is really helpful to improve my c++ skill. APalley is a very nice TA and he gives me many useful advices.This course and information from QuantNet provides me with a great chance to studying skills to be a quant.

I think the course is very challenging and the TA and forum have been very helpful in guiding me through the course.

Good curriculum design, content is well explained, and I learned a lot in homework. TA is patient and responsible, and the platform design is also very good.
I think it perfectly meets my original goal for taking this course

Good course in general. really helped me in understanding C++ programming in financial engineering. The TA always responded to my questions timely, and gave me useful advice.
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This course is of tremendous help to anyone who wants to learn C++ from the very beginning. The course material is well-designed so even someone without previous programming experience can easily follow. The TAs provide strong support to students - they have a solid understanding of the material and always respond to inquiries in no time.

Content of the course matches my expectation.
The interaction with TA has been very helpful.

Thanks for Pally and other TAs' patient and help! They helped me a lot and gave a lot of studying materials from which I learned a lot.

In my opinion the course is very good because of the complete content of the course.
TA is quite helpful because they always answer our question in time.

It is a very intensive course. I learned a lot to build up my foundation of c++. The TA is very responsible.

I am so glad to meet my TA, He is so fast to give me a good feedback for all questions, especially some silly questions.

The course is very useful and my TA is really responsible. Greatly impressed by his quick reply and clear explanation !

Homework questions were designed very well, learned a lot mostly from going through homework questions. Forum access is also very helpful and makes it very easy to learn and ask questions, read past student's questions. Overall felt like I learned a lot and that the class was a good forcing mechanism for learning C++.

TA answers questions very fast. In this way it was more helpful than a live class since the TA could answers questions at any time!

I thought the course was very well designed and informative. I came away with a good understanding of the material and found the projects engaging. The lectures were well done and I really appreciate the clear diction of the teacher. The ta was helpful and quick to respond.

This course covers the basics of C++ and lays a solid foundation for my future financial engineering study. The content is very suitable for new learners and is very useful.

I was looking to take the next step with programming after having become proficient with C#, Java and Python, while also hoping to bolster my financial knowledge credentials. It appeared this program offered the perfect opportunity to do both things. The course really builds you up from "0 to hero" when it comes to developing a working knowledge of C++, but I would be hesitant to recommend this class to someone with no prior knowledge in programming. C++ is a difficult language to learn, and having to also learn the basic of object oriented programming may make this course overwhelming. That being said, if you are willing to put in some extra time (perhaps up to 20 hours on some assignments!), you will come out with the basic skills to be a software developer. This course only has a single, intensive lesson on Financial option pricing, so you might feel it is a little light in that regard. Still, you should have the building blocks that will allow you to implement more advanced concepts in financial modeling upon completion.