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 |