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Master of Science in Finance

Degree Requirements

At least 36 hours of management course work beyond prerequisite courses is required, including 12 hours of basic business core courses and 24 hours of graduate finance courses.  The M.S. is Finance is designed for students with or without previous educational background in finance.  Candidates in the M.S. in Finance choose one of three concentrations: Investment Management, Financial Analyst, or Financial Engineering and Risk Management. In addition, there is the Financial Management option.  The Investment Management concentration is designed for students interested in pursuing an investment career and completing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examinations.  The Financial Analyst concentration is designed for students interested in corporate finance, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate restructuring and turnarounds..  The Financial Engineering and Risk Management concentration is designed for students with the quantitative ability to pursue a career applying quantitative methods to investment and risk management problems. The Financial Management option allows students to tailor their course work for careers in a range of activities. Because several of these concentrations have been designed to prepare students for certain certifications, students are recommended to complete all the course work in a particular concentration in order to prepare for its associated certification.  

Prerequisites

Calculus, basic statistics, and competence in personal computing are required as prerequisites. Candidates that have not taken equivalent courses will need to take MATH 5304 to meet the calculus requirement; OPRE 6301 to complete the basic statistics requirement, and BA 3351 to complete the personal computing requirement. 

Basic Core Courses (12 credit hours)

All students enrolling in the Master of Science in Finance program must complete the following Basic Business Core courses, or their equivalents.  Please see the catalog for further prerequisite information.

AIM 6305          Accounting for Managers or AIM 6201 and AIM 6202

MECO 6303      Business Economics 

FIN 6301           Financial Management

FIN 6306           Quantitative Methods in Finance

Concentrations:

Investment Management (CFA) Concentration (24 hours):

AIM 6344 Financial Statement Analysis

FIN 6308 Regulation of business and financial markets

FIN 6310 Investment Management

FIN 6314 Fixed income securities and their derivatives

FIN 6320 Financial markets and institutions or FIN 6364 Advanced Investment Management

FIN 6350 Advanced Financial Management

FIN 6350 Options and Futures Markets

FIN 6364 Advanced Investment Management or FIN 6380 Practicum in Investment Management  

Financial Analyst Concentration (24 hours):  

AIM 6330: Intermediate Financial Accounting I

AIM 6332: Intermediate Financial Accounting II

AIM 6341: Planning, Control, and Performance Evaluation

FIN 6316: Private Equity Financeor FIN 6357: Corporate Restructuring and Turnarounds

FIN 6350: Advanced Financial Management

FIN 6352: Financial Modeling

FIN 6355: Corporate Financial Policy

FIN 6356: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring or AIM 6346: Financial Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions

Financial Engineering and Risk Management Concentration (24 hours):

FIN 6310 Investment Management

FIN 6314 Fixed income securities and their derivatives

FIN 6360 Options and Futures Markets

FIN 6370 Theory of Finance or OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis

FIN 6382 Introductory Mathematical Finance

FIN 6384: Financial Asset Pricing and Engineering

ECO 6311 Statistics for Economists or MECO 6315 Approaches to Statistical Inference

MECO 6312 Applied Econometrics and Times Series Analysis or MECO 6320 Econometrics  

Financial Management Option (24 hours):

Students must complete eight courses; of which at least one course must come from category A and five must come from category B. 

Category A

Category B

AIM 6330: Intermediate Financial Accounting I

FIN 6308: Regulation of Business and Financial Markets

AIM 6332: Intermediate Financial Accounting II

FIN 6310: Investment Management

AIM 6341: Planning, Control and Performance Evaluation

FIN 6314: Fixed Income Secuirties and their Derivatives

AIM 6342: Strategic Cost Management

FIN 6315: Entrepreneurial Finance

AIM 6344: Financial Statement Analysis

FIN 6316: Private Equity Finance

AIM 6345: Business Valuation

FIN 6320: Financial Markets and Institutions

AIM 6346: Financial Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions

FIN 6330: Behavioral Finance

AIM 6351: Individual Taxation

FIN 6340: Management of Financial Institutions

AIM 6342: Corporate Taxation

FIN 6350: Advanced Financial Management

AIM 6380: Internal Audit

FIN 6352: Financial Modeling

 

FIN 6355: Corporate Financial and Policy

 

FIN 6356: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance

 

FIN 6357: Corporate Restructuring and Turnarounds

 

FIN 6360: Options and Futures Markets

 

FIN 6364: Advanced Investment Management

 

FIN 6366: International Financial Management

 

FIN 6370: Theory of Finance and Its Applications

 

FIN 6382: Introductory Mathematical Finance

 

FIN 6384: Financial Asset Pricing and Engineering

 

Last Updated: February 28, 2011