Hi all,I need your advice since you seem to in the field. I recently finished my MBA and was very disappointed in the lack of use and training in the quant area. So I am looking for a new avenue to acquire the necessary skills in the programing languages and mathematical background. Where can I get the best education in these areas. I would have to go to school part-time at night because levaing my job is not a consideration.I appreciate any help thanksBigmoney

Bigmoney,You sound like a perfect candidate for one of the many burgeoning master's programs in mathematical finance. Assuming you can afford the tuition, and that you live near a university that offers a decent program, you can get a very focused curriculum that will give you the mathematical and programming knowledge you want. I think most of these programs are set up so that you can do them part-time.In New York, I know that both Columbia and NYU offer part-time master's programs.

You should also look into the computational finance program at Carnegie Mellon, which you can take part-time from their New York mini-campus located near Wall Street.

You sound like a perfect candidate for one of the many burgeoning master's programs in mathematical finance. Assuming you can afford the tuition, and that you live near a university that offers a decent program, you can get a very focused curriculum that will give you the mathematical and programming knowledge you want. I think most of these programs are set up so that you can do them part-time.In New York, I know that both Columbia and NYU offer part-time master's programs. I'll say "burgeoning". Besides Polytech in Brooklyn, CUNY/Baruch now offers an MS in FinMath. Schools are really jumping on the MS FinMath bandwagon.Wont' be long til the University of Phoenix offers an on-line MS FinMath program.