C++ Programming for Financial Engineering

The course is great as expected. However, the documents need to be updated to reflect the new developments and typos

I took this course to hone my programming skills in order to be better prepared to apply to a master program in quantitative finance. In this sense, I think the program fulfilled my expectations. Now, I feel much better prepared to take more advanced programming courses and carry out real life projects.

Thanks to the videos of the classes and the rigorousness of the homework, it is possible to learn a lot and achieve the necessary skills to use the software at a professional level.

The course was high quality and it has given me a satisfactory understanding of C++ programming. I was able to understand the core concepts through the homeworks and discussion with TA.

This course completely surpassed my expectations. I had almost no programming experience prior to this, but by the end, I felt comfortable independently coding in C++ in the final project and even learning other programming languages in my spare time. The structure of the course was very systematic and covers almost everything needed to code by myself. The lectures were also a good mix of theory and practicality, which really separates this certificate from others. I will be attending the MSCF program at CMU, and I feel confident about my programming skills going into this program.

The course is an excellent C++ introductory course that opens doors to a student like myself interested in computational finance.

The course uses slides, lecture videos as well as a great forum and exercises for teaching. As an experienced programmer with little experience in C/C++ it provided a great basis for those languages. The syllabus is highly relevant, focusing on the application of numerical methods and financial math. With its 10 Levels, it provides great insight and proficiency in the basics of object oriented concepts as well as how to apply those concepts to real life problems. Every question that is asked in the forums is answered the same day by the TA‘s or other students. Overall this course features a great study environment, and the same goes for the grading of the homework. In conclusion, it exceeds my expectations of becoming proficient in beginner and intermediate topics of C++ and numerical methods in C/C++, and is worth the tuition.

The overall quality is very good and the contents and structure of the course are very well designed. I learned even more than I expected from the course!

This course is amazing and definitely better than I expected. I have learned some programming before in school; this course still allows me to learn even more and solidify my programming background. The structurer is well organized, the TA is very helpful and friendly, the material is very robust and the practice homework are really practical. I used Matlab and Python a lot, but after getting through the training from this course, I feel like my overall programming skill improve a lot. I strongly recommend this course to whoever that needs to review or learn the programming from the beginning. However, one tip is that be prepared and plan to devote lots of time. This course is more rigorous then the syllabus seems.

The lecture is very high quality and TA's feedback on homework very helpful

It is really important for the financial field and can help me pursue the higher quality works.

it is an excellent course!

It’s a great course and the work is intense. Very good start for programming.

I like this course for its comprehensive topics and well-designed homework. However, I think it might be better if it could be more compatible with different laptops especially for the code given in level 9.

The topics and materials covered are very well-organized and helpful. My TA APalley is very patient. APalley always provide detailed feedbacks on my homework. The forum also played a very helpful role since Dr. Duffey and TAs reply quickly. It's greatly beyond what I expected from an online course.

Course was very good, covered some great concepts that I will take into the office with me.

This is the best investment anyone can make for learning C++. The curriculum will expose you to all the core concepts of C++ and even some basic design principles. The "Applications in Finance" is especially refreshing as it gives you a sneak peek into the world of computational finance and the relevance of C++ in the field.

The course is very well structured. I’ve had experience in python programming, but this course offered me so much more knowledge, especially OOP. I have enjoyed this course very much

the course is hard but as future mfe student, we should understand that.Yes this meets my original goal

i would say this is a great journey and it actually provides me more career options. it helps me to build solid c++ skills and basic computational finance knowledges and those are just my expectations for this course.