Opportunities for enhanced programming skills for AIM students exist at Marquette - students encouraged to take more computer science and information systems courses within the AIM curriculum
On
Tuesday, 9/5/17, the AIM blog offered advice to AIM students wishing to
become financial analysts to improve their communication and programming skills.
One of the specific suggestions on the blog referred to is learning to code in Python. 
Marquette’s existing computer science course: COSC
1010 does just that. While the 7-day Coursera
course may be low cost or free, the COSC course offered by Marquette
carries credits for undergraduates and may satisfy various program requirements
for graduation.
COSC 1010.
Introduction to Computer Programming. 4 cr. hrs. Introduction to abstraction, algorithmic
thinking, simulation and testing for computer-based problem solving. Students
will learn a high-level programming language and use tools developed by
computer scientists and software engineers to solve problems. No prior
programming experience is assumed. 3 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. lab. Two years of
college preparatory mathematics required.
Another course that AIM students can take – and which will
count as an AIM elective – is INSY 4051 that is offered by the College of
Business’ Department of Management. It is a core course for Marquette students seeking
an Information Systems major or minor. Students enjoy taking the course and learn the programming language C# - also an important skill useful for a career in financial analysis.
INSY 4051 (formerly
INTE 4051): An introduction to business applications design and development.
Introductory topics include: software product development, the Software
Development Lifecycle, Agile (SCRUM), user experience design tools for wire-framing
and mockup development, user story development, software architecture and
technical design, object-oriented programming, data structures and programming
logic design, database and external API integration, mobile and web
applications development. Students work in groups and also participate in
semester-long projects to design and build an innovative software application
prototype. Prereq: INSY 3001.
Dr. David Krause, AIM director, stated “I strongly encourage
all students in AIM – or freshmen and sophomores considering applying to the
program – to take more computer science, information systems, and quantitative courses.
The courses mentioned (COSC 1010 and INSY 4051) are a great way for students
enrolled at Marquette to prepare themselves for the jobs of the future.”
He continued, “I look forward to working with Dr. Tom
Kaczmarek – Director of M.S. Computing at Marquette University and Director of
Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense on ways for faculty and
students to work across colleges. With the cooperation of Dr. Joe Daniels - Chair of the Department of Economics;
College of Business Dean Brian Till; and College of Arts and Sciences Dean
Richard Holz, I believe that we can find ways to thread degrees between our undergraduate
and graduate programs. We will hopefully soon begin exploring a 5-year program
for AIM and math/economics students and data science as a specialization in preparation
for today and tomorrow’s jobs in FinTech.”
