ORIE 5258

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ORIE 5258
Python for Finance

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Python is rapidly becoming a golden standard for quantitative finance. In this course students will be exposed to the powerful and fast open-source data science libraries and specific applications of analyzing financial data sets.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ENGRD 2700 and familiarity with Python.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: first semester ORIE FE MEng students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Outcomes

  • Students will enhance their knowledge of Python and Python libraries as they pertain to financial applications.
  • Students will apply their data analysis and statistical knowledge for financial modeling and will work with financial data sets.
  • Students will learn how to draw insights from data science algorithms with the help of Python packages.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Non-ORIE FE MEng students may apply if there is capacity by reaching out to Victoria Averbukh at vza1@cornell.edu.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1.5 Credits Graded

  • 20470 ORIE 5258   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - Mar 11, 2025

    • Aldridge, I

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    Priority given to: first-year Master of Engineering (MEng) Financial Engineering students. Email orie-ug-support@cornell.edu to be added to the waitlist.