Do your professional interests straddle the domains of economics/finance and data science? Are you searching for a graduate school program that will teach you data science and machine learning skills within the context of economics and finance data? Would you like to learn these skills at a school with global cachet? If so, then you should consider UCLA's Master of Quantitative Economics (MQE) program!

FEATURED GUESTS:

Name: Sam Borghese

Email: srborghese@g.ucla.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samborghese/

Name: Shany Mahalu-Atiya

Email: smahalu@econ.ucla.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shany-mahalu-atiya-msod-a47831a/

SUPPORT THE DATA CANTEEN (LIKE PBS, WE'RE LISTENER SUPPORTED!):

Donate: https://vetsindatascience.com/support-join

EPISODE LINKS:

UCLA's MQE: https://master.econ.ucla.edu/

UCLA's Veteran Resource Center (VRC): https://veterans.ucla.edu/

UCLA's VRC Director: Dr. Emily Ives (eives@saonet.ucla.edu)

UCLA's VRC Contact Us Page: https://veterans.ucla.edu/contactus

PODCAST INFO:

Host: Ted Hallum

Website: https://vetsindatascience.com/thedatacanteen

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-data-canteen/id1551751086

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNx9aLFRy1h9P22hd8ZPyw

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-data-canteen

CONTACT THE DATA CANTEEN:

Voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/datacanteen

VETERANS IN DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING:

Website: https://vetsindatascience.com/

Join the Community on LinkedIn: https://vetsindatascience.com/support-join

Mentorship Program: https://vetsindatascience.com/mentorship

OUTLINE:

00:00:07 ​ - Introduction

00:02:47 - Guest Introductions

00:05:14 - How UCLA's MQE was conceived

00:07:05 - What makes UCLA's MQE different

00:11:11 ] - Why UCLA's MQE is a good fit for veterans

00:15:24 - Career paths that MQE grads are best postured for

00:21:58 - Prerequisite requirements for UCLA's MQE

00:27:51 - A thorough introduction to UCLA's MQE curriculum

00:37:59 - Character traits common among successful MQE students at UCLA

00:42:30 - Character traits common among less successful MQE students at UCLA

00:46:25 - Typical career outcomes for UCLA's MQE grads

00:54:51 - How UCLA's MQE will be evolving over the near to mid-term

01:00:49 - Sam's tips on preparing to enter UCLA's MQE

01:04:09 - Info about UCLA's Veteran Resource Center

01:04:56 - Info about the MQE's 10-week applied project course

01:10:23 - The best ways to contact Sam and Shany

01:11:28 - Farewells