I asked this myself when I was looking at masters in finance programs and I know the thought must have come across many of your minds. MIT has a good summary of the level of math that you should be comfortable with.
Suggested Mathematical Background
Listed below is an outline of mathematical background that we think is desirable to have in order to be successful in the most challenging of courses in the program.
Linear algebra: Basic topics, including: matrix/vector notation, operations on matrices and vectors, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, systems of linear equations. At the level of Lang Linear Algebra, 1987, 3rd Edn., Chapters 1-8.
Calculus: Multivariate differentiation and integration, function maximization. At the level of Larson and Edwards, Calculus, 2009, 9th Edn., Chapters 4, 13.
Probability: Law of large numbers, Central Limit Theorem, moments of distributions, conditional expectation and Bayes rule, commonly used distributions, multivariate distributions, independence. At the level of DeGroot and Schervish, Probability and Statistics, 2002, 3rd Edn., Chapters 1-5.
Statistics/Econometrics: Parameter estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, ordinary least squares, likelihood principle. At the level of DeGroot and Schervish, Probability and Statistics, 2002, 3rd Edn., Chapters 6-8, 10.
Computer literacy: Basic programming experience. We use Matlab. Java, C, Fortran, VB, etc. would provide sufficient foundation for quickly learning Matlab features.
I can personally attest to using and learning about 75% of that list.
Hope this helps you guys out. If you are not up to this level take a course at a community college or see if the school offers a refresher or something.
