MATH 4560
Topics in Financial Mathematics
An introduction to the principles and methods of financial mathematics, with a focus on discrete-time stochastic models. Topics include no-arbitrage pricing of financial derivatives, risk-neutral probability measures, the Cox-Ross-Rubenstein and Black-Scholes-Merton options pricing models, and implied volatility.
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Chill and sneaky hilarious. Gave us all the questions for the midterm and final beforehand and recorded and posted every single lecture. Nice guy. Not the best lecturer.
5/4/2026
This class has no exams and just a final project which makes it conducive to learning, which is awesome. However, the content is extremely difficult and hard to understand. Additionally, the homework sets will take around 10-15 hours to complete.
12/17/2025
Such boring, unhelpful lectures. Lectures didn't relate to homework. Nothing seemed to connect. Nice guy. Grade is all homework and final project, no final exam.
12/5/2025
2 or less hrs/week
Easiest class I have ever taken. All the homework is out of the book which has answers in the back, and the final project was a snooozefest. Went to class at the start, not engaging and the professor just reward from the book.
1/12/2025
Great professor! He is willing to help out students struggling from the work (I really do recommend the students to go to his office hour. He explains it so well and kindly). He is considerate. The class itself was also interesting. The workload was average, and the difficulty was also average. Well-structured and organized class overall.
1/25/2021