Information technology is an essential ingredient for success in the fast-paced financial industry. Comm 4230 gives you a competitive advantage in the job market by providing you with hands-on experience coding in VBA.NET (Excel) and SQL to solve business problems, with generative AI as a coding partner that helps you write and debug code, explore unfamiliar features, and turn ideas into working tools faster.  In COMM4230 you will also develp a deep understanding of the role of IT in financial domains. You will design and implement a robotrader capable of managing a $50 million portfolio of stocks and options, and you will deploy it in the McIntire Hedge Tournament. Along the way, you will learn where AI falls short and how to verify its output when real money is on the line.