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Innovations in financial markets, institutions, and securities present significant opportunities and challenges to financial managers on a daily basis. The Master of Science in Finance is a highly focused program designed to equip professionals with the advanced knowledge and cutting-edge analytical tools they need to successfully navigate today’s financial markets. The 30-credit program is ideal for professionals interested in upgrading their technical training and knowledge in finance as well as for individuals with strong quantitative skills seeking a career change. Students interested in taking the CFA or FRM certification exams can significantly cut the need for additional preparation by taking the appropriate electives. The program can also serve as a stepping stone for those interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in finance or a related field.
Course | Title | Credits |
Required for all MS Students* | ||
Business Communication I | 1.5 credits | |
or | ||
Program specific, 1.5 credit equivalent business communication instruction approved by the Graduate Curriculum Committee. | ||
Preliminary Courses (0-12 Credits)** Students with appropriate academic background will be able to reduce the number of credits in preliminary requirements. | ||
Financial Accounting | 3 credits | |
Fundamentals of Microeconomics | 1.5 credits | |
Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 1.5 credits | |
Introduction to Quantitative Tools for Finance | 3 credits | |
Financial Decision Making | 3 credits | |
Required Courses (9 credits) | ||
Corporate Financial Theory and Applications | ||
or | ||
Managerial Finance* | 3 credits | |
Quantitative Tools for Finance | ||
or | ||
Econometrics: Theory and Applications I* | 3 credits | |
Investment Theory and Applications | ||
or | ||
Investment Analysis* | 3 credits | |
*Not open to students in the cohort format. | ||
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Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy | 3 credits | |
Econometrics - Theory and Applications II | 3 credits | |
Technical Analysis | 3 credits | |
Mergers and Acquisitions | 3 credits | |
Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 credits | |
Real Estate Finance | 3 credits | |
Futures and Forward Markets | 3 credits | |
Management of Financial Institutions | 3 credits | |
Financial Markets and Intermediaries | 3 credits | |
International Finance Markets | 3 credits | |
International Corporate Finance | 3 credits | |
Equity Markets: Trading and Structure | 3 credits | |
Seminar in Finance | 3 credits | |
Advanced Managerial Finance | 3 credits | |
Advanced Investment Analysis | 3 credits | |
Debt Instruments and Markets | 3 credits | |
Options Markets | 3 credits | |
Classical Foundations of Financial Risk Management | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Market Risk I | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Market Risk II | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Credit Risk I | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Credit Risk II | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Risks in Operations and Information Technology | 1.5 credits | |
Measurement and Management of Risks in Investments | 1.5 credits | |
Implications of Corporate Governance, Regulation, and Ethics of Risk Management | 1.5 credits | |
International Finance Markets | 1.5 credits | |
Debt Securities | 1.5 credits | |
Futures and Forwards | 1.5 credits | |
Options | 1.5 credits | |
Venture Capital | 1.5 credits | |
Special Topics in Investments | 1 credit | |
Special Topics in Investments | 1.5 credits | |
Special Topics in Investments | 2 credits | |
Special Topics in Investments | 3 credits | |
Special Topics in Corporate Finance | 1 credit | |
Special Topics in Corporate Finance | 1.5 credits | |
Special Topics in Corporate Finance | 2 credits | |
Special Topics in Corporate Finance | 3 credits | |
Risk Management in Financial Institutions | 3 credits | |
*Effective spring 2016. **Effective for students admitted as of fall 2015. ***Elective courses to be selected by the Department of Economics and Finance from the above list for students in the cohort format. |