MS in Finance

54.0 quarter credits

Degree Requirements

Foundation courses
BUSN 505	Financial Performance of the Firm - Accounting			1.5
BUSN 506	Financial Performance of the Firm - Finance			1.5
BUSN 507	Essentials of Economics I			1.5
BUSN 508	Essentials of Economics II			1.5
Required core courses
STAT 601	Business Statistics			3.0
ECON 601	Managerial Economics			3.0
ACCT 601	Managerial Accounting			3.0
OPR 601	Managerial Decision Models and Simulation			3.0
Required finance courses
FIN 601	Corporate Financial Management			3.0
FIN 602	Advanced Financial Management			3.0
FIN 622	Financial Institutions and Markets			3.0
FIN 626	Investment Management			3.0
FIN 642	Business Conditions & Forecasting			3.0
FIN 790	Seminar in Financial Management			3.0
or
FIN 794	Seminar in Investments			3.0
Elective graduate courses (students select six of the following courses)*
ECON 614	Macroeconomics			3.0
ECON 630	International Economics			3.0
FIN 624	Risk Management			3.0
FIN 635	Entrepreneurial Finance			3.0
FIN 640	Mergers and Acquisitions			3.0
FIN 648	International Financial Management			3.0
FIN 649	Comparative Financial Analysis			3.0
FIN 650	Derivative Securities			3.0
POM 601	Operations Management			3.0
STAT 622	Statistical Decision Theory I			3.0
STAT 628	Regression and Correlation Analysis			3.0
TAX 620	Individual Taxation			3.0
TAX 630	Corporate Taxation			3.0
TAX 790	Tax Policy Seminar			3.0
BUSN 698	Special Topics in Business			3.0
*At least three electives must be finance courses. Courses other than those listed are acceptable with approval of the Finance Department Head or the MS Finance Advisor. Additional specialization can be achieved by concentrating the seven electives in one of the following fields: banking, investments, or systems management.