C++ Programming for Financial Engineering

Course syllabus is reasonable, and is quite beneficial for entry-level as well as advanced learner. Professor and TA are very supportive. It's a great opportunity to gain solid knowledge and practical experience.

This course is very helpful to refresh my programming knowledge and make me more confident in applying for MFE programs. I also had a chance to understand how C++ is used in financial engineering

it is really a great course! I don't have any programming background before I took the course, but I can still learn all the material really fast, thanks to the responsive TA and all the colleagues on the forum.

I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot more than I thought I would. I think it gives you a solid base from which to become even more of an expert. Plus, it finishes with very relevant financial applications and the Boost library. The TA is great and helpful, and the more people use it, the more useful the forums become.

Enrolling in the C++ course was one of the best decisions I have taken in a while. As an individual, I have always wanted to learn how to program in C++ and this course provided me with the platform to learn not only C++ programming but also good programming techniques.

I must admit that as a full time employee who works for 12-hours a day while offshore, this course was very demanding physically and mentally.

However, my TA Avi Palley was particularly supportive and always available when needed. Moreover, the forums for the various levels are riddled with plethora of questions which answer most of the questions a student may have. The lecture notes, video material and sample codes are very informative, and helpful.

In a nut shell, this course provides one with a solid foundation in C++ and programming in general and I look forward to developing myself to be an excellent programmer.

The quality of the course is really good. TA is quite supportive.

As a student seeking to prepare for the study in quantitative finance but not having any formal training in programming, I found that this program is the best one I could turn to in terms of the course topics, settings, and cost. The training is quite intensive and challenging, but exciting and motivating!

The best part of this program is that it gives me a comprehensive training in C/C++ programming in financial applications through homework projects. These projects, which cover wide range of topics from basic data type, control statement, Object Oriented programming, generic programming, to more sophisticated Standard Template Library and boost library enable me to not only learn the syntax and general rules of the language, but also to get insight into its application in financial modeling problems.

The Quantnet community is also making the program more robust! Professor and TAs are always ready to help if I have questions!

This is a rigorous hands on training. At the end of it, one finds himself comfortable with all the major concepts of C++. The inclusion of boost was a nice feature.

Great course.. I entered with zero experience with C++. With the stuff learned from the course, I am now able to write some complicated codes. Definitely a great course for non-CS students. My TA was APalley, he was also great.

Excellent course, very well structured. The combination of exercises, quizzes and forum is very helpful to effectively learn to use C++. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in modeling derivatives in C++.

The course was very helpful as an introductory class to c++ usage in financial engineering.
My TA and support was great. Highly recommend for people with no background in c++ or
want to learn its application to finance.

Me as a Brazilian undergraduate economist didn't have a good programming background. This program taught me almost everything I need to start programming financial applications. This is a well-structured course with a lot of exercises to practice your new knowledge. I highly recommend this program for anyone who wants to know more about the word of quantitative finance.

I would say the quality is superb. After the course I feel I am comfortable with the C++ language.
I had one introductory C++ course in my university before this course, but it covered less than the first 3 levels of this course. This shows how comprehensive this course is, but I would also say people without previous programming knowledge would find it much tougher and require more time to finish the course.

This course itself is well structured and allow me to learn step by step, from the basic syntax to building applications for option pricing.

My TA Avi was very helpful and gave quick response to my homework submissions. I learned a lot from his detailed feedback, which helps me improve aspects from the logic and efficiency, to comment and coding style of my code, not just focusing on whether the desired output is achieved.

The forum is a good tool. Almost every problem encountered have been asked by others and answered in detail. It certainly helps a lot in getting the problem quickly solved.

The pre-MFE C++ certificate seminar was challenging but very rewarding and practical. It is a hands on course. As I looked back, I realized how much I learn in a short amount of time. It helped me develop a desire to improve my C++ skills even more, while learning other computer languages and their applications in the real world. The discussion boards were informative and precise, and the TA's were helpful and replied promply. It was worth the time and effort I put into it.

The C++ course equipped me with proper programming background to be success in quantitative finance applications.

Avi Palley is my TA, he is really a responsible teacher. For each level, he can always give me a lot of good and pertinent suggestions. Once you follow these suggestions, you will get improved and be on the right track.

This was an interesting and challenging course. I found the structure of the program to be very straightforward and there was a natural progression through the different features of C++. The video lectures and notes were useful and they explained the topics in a good manner. My TA was always very helpful when I was stuck on a problem. I also found the forums to be of great assistance when solving the exercises. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in improving their programming abilities and learning about how to use C++ in financial applications.

The hierarchy of the course is really nice structured, leveling up is neither so hard nor accessible without any endeavor! The time duration is stretched up to more than 3 months which is reasonable yet not giving you so much dillydallying..
I like how serious this course is, the studying ambience on the #Quantnet forum is benign: not so intimidating nor frigid.
There surely a lot of homework which sometimes could make you a little anxious(but no xanax needed, if you have to ask); good thing is TA is easily reached and responds almost instantly, my TA was Avi who may seem nonchalant but actually very nice, helpful and responsible; plus when you ask questions on the forum, Dr. Daniel Duffy and Andy Nguyen would occasionally jump in to help you out, which makes you feel not totally not-interacting with the professor in the video.
The contents are exactly like in the syllabus, it goes from C,C++,Generic Programming/STL,Boost library,last but not the least, financial applications. IMHO It's suited for people who don't have so much programming background or have left programming for a while but want to pick it up.
In a nut shell, this is a very worthy course if you are serious about what you are doing and what you are about to do, school, work, career, future etc.. Good luck and have fun!

This course is really great! It helped me to master C++ in the shortest time. It is very helpful for interviews. Thank you very much for TA. I would suggest this course to everyone who are interested in being a quant.

The course is great! I really comfortable with C++ programming now. Thanks for this course, I don't afraid of programming any more. This is really the course for computational finance!