This concentration combines financial theory with a solid grounding in quantitative methods. Recent innovations in financial markets have led to an increased demand for analytically skilled professionals. Understanding pricing models in derivatives and other exotic securities requires knowledge in finance and also statistics, stochastic processes and differential equations. Quantitative finance has more required courses than the other concentrations. However, some of the courses can count to fulfill upper-level liberal arts requirements. The School of Management only considers students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher for the quantitative finance concentration, as well as a grade of B or higher in FIN 311.