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. Many students will select the
Financial Management option which allows them to design a program to their
needs. For students wanting a more
focused program, three concentrations are available Investment Management, Financial Analyst, or FinancialRisk
Management. 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 FinancialRisk
Management concentration is designed for students with the quantitative
ability to pursue a career applying quantitative methods to investment and risk
management problems. Because 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.
ACCT 6305 Accounting for Managers or ACCT 6201 and ACCT
6202
MECO 6303 Business Economics
FIN 6301 Financial Management
FIN 6306 Quantitative Methods in Finance
Concentrations:
Investment Management (CFA) Concentration (24 hours):
ACCT 6344 Financial
Statement Analysis
FIN 6311 Valuation Models and Practices
FIN 6310 Investment Management
FIN 6314 Fixed income securities and their derivatives
FIN 6350 Advanced Financial Management
FIN 6360 Options and Futures Markets
FIN 6364 Advanced Investment Management
And one of following four courses:
FIN 6320 Financial
markets and institutions
FIN 6325 Macroeconomics and the Financial System
FIN 6330 Behavioral Finance
FIN 6380 Practicum in
Investment Management
Financial Analyst
Concentration (24 hours):
ACCT 6330 Intermediate
Financial Accounting I
ACCT 6332 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
FIN 6311 Valuation Models and Practices
FIN 6350 Advanced Financial Management
FIN 6355 Corporate Finance and Policy
And three of the following four courses:
FIN 6316 Private
Equity Finance FIN 6352: Financial Modeling
FIN 6356 Mergers and Acquisitions
FIN 6357 Corporate Restructuring and Turnarounds
Financial Risk Management Concentration (24 hours):
FIN 6310 Investment
Management
FIN 6314 Fixed Income Securities and Their Derivatives
FIN 6360 Options and Futures Markets
ECO 6311 Statistics for Economists or OPRE 7310 Probability and Stochastic
Processes
MECO 6312 Applied Econometrics and Times Series Analysis or ECON 6306 Applied
Econometrics
And three of the following four courses:
FIN 6370 Theory of
Finance or
FIN 6381 Introductory Mathematical Finance
FIN 6383 Financial Engineering and Risk Management
ECON 6305: Mathematical Economics
Financial Management Option (24 hours):
Students must complete eight courses; of which
at least one course must come from category A and at least five must come from
category B. Students may do an internship (FIN 6V98) as part of this
option.
Category
A: ACCT 6330, ACCT 6332,
ACCT 6341, ACCT 6342, ACCT 6344, ACCT 6345, ACCT 6346, ACCT 6351, ACCT 6342, ACCT 6380.
Category
B: ECON 6305, ECON 6306,
ECON 6311,FIN 6308, FIN 6310, FIN 6311, FIN 6314, FIN 6315, FIN 6316, FIN 6320,
FIN 6321, FIN 6323, FIN 6325, FIN 6330, FIN 6340, FIN 6350, FIN 6352, FIN 6355,
FIN 6356, FIN 6357, FIN 6360, FIN 6364, FIN 6366, FIN 6370, FIN 6381, FIN 6383,
FIN 6384, FIN 6V98, MECO 6312, OPRE 7310, REAL 6305, REAL 6310, REAL 6320.