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Graduate Bulletin - Academic Programs and Courses

MBA in Finance

The MBA with a major in finance (FIN) prepares the student for a broad range of careers in financial management and analysis. (For a discussion of the Executive MS in Finance)

QuickStart and Preliminary Courses

In addition to the requirements, the following preliminary course is required.
Grades in 8000-level courses are not calculated in the grade point average.

MTH 8001 Calculus for Applications I* 3 credits

Core and Breadth Courses                (33 credits)

Major Courses                                       (12 credits)

Required
FIN 9781 Managerial Finance 3 credits
FIN 9783 Investment Analysis 3 credits

Choose two of the following:*
FIN 9753 Financial Institutions: Structure, Competition, and Public Policy 3 credits
FIN 9759 Mergers and Acquisitions 3 credits
FIN 9774 Entrepreneurial Finance 3 credits
FIN 9775 E-Finance 3 credits
FIN 9776 Real Estate Finance 3 credits
FIN 9782 Futures and Forward Markets 3 credits
FIN 9784 Management of Financial Institutions 3 credits
FIN 9785 Financial Markets and Intermediaries 3 credits
FIN 9786 International Financial Markets 3 credits
FIN 9788 International Corporate Finance 3 credits
FIN 9789 Equity Markets: Trading and Structure 3 credits
FIN 9790 Seminar in Finance 3 credits
FIN 9792 Advanced Managerial Finance 3 credits
FIN 9793 Advanced Investment Analysis 3 credits
FIN 9795 Debt Instruments and Markets 3 credits
FIN 9797 Options Markets 3 credits
FIN 9981 Selected Topics in Corporate Finance 3 credits
FIN 9983 Selected Topics in Investments 3 credits


International Elective                            (3 credits)
Choose one international elective.


General Electives                                  (9 credits)
Choose three general electives.

Students may apply their 9 general elective credits toward additional courses in their major, courses from other functional areas that complement their major, or a second four-course major.


*Students may substitute MTH 2207 Applied Calculus and Matrix
Applications or MTH 2610 Calculus I on a space-available basis.

The program information above is from the Graduate Bulletin 2005 - 2008
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