I just received a notice that The Berkeley Center for Executive Development,
part of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, will be offering its
annual Certificate in Financial Engineering in January. The program is
taught by top faculty from Haas' Masters in Financial Engineering Program,
which they say is ranked #1 in the world.
The program dates indicate two, two week (11 day) sessions at $10,000.00
each. Purchasing both yields a 10 percent savings (see below the snippet
from the announcement I received).
> Program Dates and Cost
> Part I, Derivatives Modeling and Implementation : Jan 3-14, 2005 -
$10,000
> Part II , Dynamic Asset Management and Trading Strategies : Jan 17-28,
2005 - $10,000
> Part I and II are required for the Certificate. If Part I and II are
purchased together, both program fees are $18,000, a $2,000 savings.
It seems to me that "financial engineering" is a label just begging for
parody, especially in light the "financial engineering" that has gone on in
places like Enron, WorldCom and others.
I also wonder about the grammar of the last line in the snippet. Shouldn't
that be "Parts" instead of Part?
Regards,
Fred Nickols
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us