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MS Finance

• Overview
• Pre-Requisite Classes
• Core Elements

Program Description

The program is designed to provide a more quantitative and comprehensive examination of the finance field. Students will advance through corporate finance, investments, and market instruments and institutions. Additionally, students will experience significant exposure to supporting coursework in the closely related fields of accounting and economics.

A capstone experience will tie together the major finance topics and expose students to literature, and the analysis thereof, pertinent to the field. After a comprehensive examination of the field, students may choose their electives to satisfy their specific career goals.

The Finance program has the following pre-requisite classes:

• BUSN 5600 Accounting Theory and Practice
• BUSN 5620 Current Economic Analysis
• BUSN 5760 Applied Business Statistics

Note: If you do not have sufficient academic background in Finance related studies to proceed directly to a Finance degree, you will be required to take one or more prerequisite classes.

Core Program (9 classes + 3 electives)

• BUSN 6070 Management Accounting
• BUSN 6120 Managerial Economics
• FINC 5000 Finance
• FINC 5210 Investments
• FINC 5810 Capital Budgeting
• FINC 5830 Institutions and Financial Matters
• FINC 5840 International Finance
• FINC 5880 Advanced Corporate Finance
• FINC 6290 Financial Strategies

Three elective classes:

The electives can be taken from any of the MA, MS and MBA classes listed.

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