Ask HN: Which Quant Finance course should I choose?
I've got to decide between the following courses:
1. MSc Quantitative Finance (SOAS) https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/...nance/masters/
2. MSc Quantitative Risk Management with Machine Learning (Birkbeck) http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2020/post...mes/TMSQRMML_C
Does anyone have any opinion on which one I should go for?
They are both part-time. Each one appears to have a different emphasis. In an ideal world I'd take the most interesting modules from each one and have an "a la carte" course. But alas...
A couple of factors to consider:
* I'll probably be able to get a post-graduate loan to finance #2 but not #1 (long story)
* #2 is basically in stages: Certificate -> Diploma -> MSc which is cool if I decide at some that it's not for me.
* SOAS has been doing this course purely on line since it's inception (or so I think). Birkbeck is doing it online until they get the green light to have students in lectures halls.
* Machine Learning is interesting and in vogue :-) but #1 seems a lot more focused on the quantitative aspects
* The relative ranking of the two universities. I don't know how they stack against each other in general and in this field in particular.
There are probably other factors to consider but those come to mind.
Thanks