{"id":235,"date":"2023-04-08T20:54:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T20:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematical-finance\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:53:50","slug":"admission-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematical-finance\/admission-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Admission Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Sign up for our upcoming webinar\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>DATE: November 13, 2025<br \/>\nTIME: 8:00am PST<br \/>\nRegister <a href=\"https:\/\/usc.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_xgEl2WA2Qj6KCixV17Q9XA#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to receive the Zoom link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/usc.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_xgEl2WA2Qj6KCixV17Q9XA#\/registration\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Sign up here\"  \n>\n    Sign up here \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematical-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/08\/pexels-jakubzerdzicki-20232209-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematical-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/08\/pexels-jakubzerdzicki-20232209-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematical-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/08\/pexels-jakubzerdzicki-20232209-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/content.php?catoid=16&amp;navoid=6085\">Requirements for Graduation<\/a>\u00a0section and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/content.php?catoid=16&amp;navoid=6347\">Graduate School<\/a> section of the catalogue for general regulations. It is highly recommended and preferred that all applicants must take the GRE General Test. Complete transcripts of undergraduate and any graduate courses are required, as well as a statement of purpose and three recommendation letters. A substantial undergraduate background in mathematics is required, which should include one semester of advanced calculus\/analysis, one semester of linear algebra, and one semester of advanced probability\/statistics. Candidates with weaker backgrounds may be required to take mathematics classes prior to admission in the program. An undergraduate knowledge of microeconomics, macroeconomics and partial differential equations is helpful, although it is not required for admission. 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