MSF/Ph.D in Finance: Is it possible to complete with no knowledge of calculus?
So, I'm thinking of drastically changing my career trajectory. I'm currently a Psychology major, but if I double majored in Economics, I would only need 9 more classes. Remarkably, the Economics major at my school doesn't even require Calculus. I am probably going to go the MSF route though. Will I need Calculus for either of these degrees if I don't care about prestige?
MSF no
PhD Yes
No, you don’t need exceptional knowledge of math if that’s the case.
This is very wrong. Most respectable MSF courses you have to do a few Economics/Econometric modules where calculus will very much be used for portfolio optimisation etc. Learn it, no easy way around it.
OP said they did not care about prestige so they are not looking at respectable programs.
well when a university doesn’t require calculus for economics majors and I will assume u don’t take a decent amount of stats/econometrics etc.. this is a weak program and u probably have a lower chance in getting accepted into a phd or even a masters program because every decent econ program in US,europe etc will give u a sufficient base in math and most masters and phd will require that u took some courses in math stats and econometrics. Now for an msf I think u have a good chance ofc depending on your stats as a student because usually these programs also accept students who majored in non traditional majors like math finance econ etc..
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