Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletins

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.  Requirements for the major are subject to change and typically involve additional course choices.  You are encouraged to take advantage of these changes, but major courses that you completed previously will be honored.  (For a discussion of the Executive MS in Finance)

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Preliminary Courses

The following course is required for finance majors and is subject to waiver based on prior academic course work or waiver exam. Grades in 8000-level courses are not calculated in the grade point average.

MTH 8001 Calculus for Applications I * 3 credits


* Students may substitute MTH 2207 Applied Calculus and Matrix Applications or MTH 2610 Calculus I for MTH 8001 on a space-available basis. These undergraduate courses are each 4 hours, 4 credits; graduate tuition applies.

Major Courses                                     (12 - 18 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


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