MTH3251 Financial mathematics (Monash University): rated 3.7/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on Monash Wall.
MTH3251 is a Monash University course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics. This page brings together its handbook details and what Monash students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 金融数学
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Mathematics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
MTH3251 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.7/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.7/5).
On Reddit: "The topics the unit covers are: Random Walks and Martingales, Brownian Motion, Stochastic Calculus, and Option Pricing. Every math major finds Options to be the hardest. But since you're from Econometrics, you'll be fine with that maybe? How confident are you in your probability…"
On Reddit: "I found MTH3241 (Random processes in the sciences and engineering) and MTH3251 (Financial mathematics) difficult. Basically all the 3rd level units killed me. But tbh I'm kind of a terrible maths student in general (Like C average) and also don't really care as much since I star…"
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Q: Is MTH3251 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: overall 3.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MTH3251, and when is it offered?
A: MTH3251 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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