C++ Programming for Financial Engineering

It was a great experience for me. Although I still wouldn't consider myself a pro, I learned a lot. I have no prior programming experience and my TA Avi Palley was very helpful and prompt with the responses.

The exercises were too good. They encroached upon almost all the concepts.

The forums are very helpful too. I not only found answers to my questions, I gained insight into the different ways of doing the same problem.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn C++.

The course material is comprehensive. TA is truly accessible. I finished my course within relatively short period of time, and when I got frustrated with programming and debugging, I often found TA supportive and conversations within class forum informative. I will highly recommend this course to my friends who are interested in computer science.

It has been a wonderful experience. The learning is no less rigorous than the classroom environment. Anyone who wishes to embark on a financial engineering career who has yet to learn the programming skill should definitely come check out this program.

This course is definitely very helpful to get you ready to have all the tools you need to explore the C++ world on a deeper level on your own. My TA is being greatly helpful! I would recommend to anyone who is seriously considering to apply for a MFE degree.

This is a great program and has been really helpful in sharping my C++ skills. Avi (my TA) was very helpful and quick on responding to my questions. I would highly recommend any student or professional who wants to learn or sharpen your C++ to take this course.

- The online C++ programming course was what I needed to sharpen my C++ programming skills and come one step closer to getting accepted into a top MFE program. What I liked best about my experience was the outstanding teaching videos and materials for every level. The TA's dedication to prompt and helpful responses was valuable to learn at my own pace.

C++ for Financial engineering is an awesome course offered by Baruch through Quantnet. This, in my opinion, is useful for both non-programmers trying to learn C++ and programmers trying to brush up their knowledge. Each segment has video lectures, sample code and class notes. Forum is very active. Dr. Duffy is great. TAs are always there to help and are very picky when it comes to reviewing homework / grading. Assignments and quizzes are quite challenging.
Caveat: Do not take this course lightly. Participate only if you are sufficiently motivated to learn and have time for that. Don't under estimate the final exam.

It's a great course, and the QuantNet community is just right for me to get questions answered and get homework done. I've had no formal programming experience before and this course sets me off the road and gets deeper throughout the levels. Great for beginners or programmers from other languages. My TA has been really helpful and helped me solved lots of questions.

I enrolled in this course with a specific intent of learning object oriented coding in C++. I wanted a course with a steep learning course and lots of homeworks/exercises. Prior to starting the course, went through Walter Savitch's introductory ""Problem solving with C++"" book. So I had a fair introduction to the C++ syntax. I was still using C++ as C (i.e., in a procedural manner). However, this course, took my understanding to the next level. Starting from module 3, we were introduced to classes, polymorphism, virtual functions, and templates. The coverage was not in depth, which, admittedly, it is not possible for a 16 week course. The biggest strength of this course is that it makes you aware of ""what you need to learn to become a C++ programmer"", but doesn't (and cannot in such a short time) teach you that. You have to learn that yourself over the next few years.

To derive maximum benefit from the course, my advice would be to complete at least one round of C++ using your favorite book before commencing the course.

Avi Palley was my TA for the course and working with has been a great experience. He is thoroughly professional and obviously has deep knowledge of C++. He ranks very high on the lists of reasons of why I enjoyed this course as much as I did.

This course was a very good value, giving a broad and thorough introduction to C++. I was completely satisfied with the instruction materials as well as TA feedback and assistance.

I am a student in MFE program. It has been hard for me to learn c++ by myself since I didn't have programming background. But this class saved me a lot of time to learn C++. And more important, I know where I can improve from now on. Thank you so much.

The course met perfectly my expectations. It has given me a solid background in C++ that I could apply directly to my day-to-day job. The Teaching Assistant (Avi) was always responsive and willing to help. The course would not have been what it is without the assistance of TA.

The course is rigorous, just what I was expecting. I think it is a good programming warm up towards my MFE program. It is worth mentioning that it needs considerable time and effort, you may expect to work around 8 hours on a single exercise but this is what makes the fee worth it. In addition, since you are on your own tolerance to frustration is more needed than ever. Thanks for this high level course, Im happy with the experience and knowledge aquired.

The course was phenomenal and obviously one of a kind. All lot of material was covered. My TA Mr. Avi Palley was very forgiving and helpful. I had absolutely great support from him.

A rigorous introductory program to C++, very helpful TA!

This course teaches from the most basic aspect of C++ to the usage of industrial-grade codes. Fantastic forum and TA, plus useful materials. For example, Lecture videos can be downloaded and use on offline devices. Highly recommended

1st of I wanna say about this course: it's a GREAT course!
It's definitely worth taking all this time and effort to finish this course!
Not only for preparing for FE application, this course, I would say, serves as a pretty good introduction to financial programming overall.

Personally, I'm finishing a FE program now, but this course is definitely a good company along with my school curriculum. Since c++ in my school is not the top priority, I chose this program to enhance my c++ skills. I have had computational finance courses before, so the pricing models are familiar to me, but the c++ content provided extensive and comprehensive knowledge (I would say based on what I learned about London Job market, it's more than what's required for a non-IT role--as a trader, or as a risk analyst).

Also, this program does not only focus on ""introductory"" course. It actually offers more than what I expected, it not only teaches C++ syntax and programming techniques. What is more important, it teaches IDEAs about how you should think behind the curtain.

I would say this program turned me from a “c++ illiterate” into a real ""c++ programer"". Thanks QuantNet for offering this opportunity.

I came into the C++ course with a decent (albeit somewhat stale) background in programming, but no exposure to either object oriented or generic programming. The QuantNet platform, when coupled with Dr. Daniel Duffy's excellent materials and my tutor Avi Palley's always helpful and prompt assistance, made for the perfect learning environment. The community really pulls together to help each other through this rigorous curriculum and I truly feel as if I'm on my way to becoming a great programmer. The final project which deals with the implementation of financial pricing models perfectly brings together everything that has been learned in the earlier modules and leaves the student with a satisfying feeling of accomplishment. Thank you to Dr. Daniel Duffy, Avi Palley and Andy Nguyen for building a great course that I would recommend to anyone applying to a top MFE program.

This course is definitely helpful. Prof Duffy and all the TAs have been very helpful, and the material builds up naturally, even for a beginning like me, who has absolutely no programming experience. This is the best $1450 I've even spent. Even single cent is well worth it.

Level 9 was a little strange, specifically the innovation of assigning function pointers in a namespacein the main function that get shared with the class used for computation. I'd like to know if that technique is commonly used or if it was an off the cuff invention.

TAs were always there, day or night.