MBA/MS Curriculum - Finance Focus

The Master of Science (M.S.) in Business and Management (Finance focus) program is designed to produce outstanding professionals in the areas of corporate finance, investment banking, money management and financial institutions.  The courses in finance can be used in all types of businesses.  The area of investments provides rigorous analytical tools for the measurement of risk-return tradeoffs in financial markets and the allocation of capital in the financial economy.  The area of corporate finance provides an understanding of how capital is raised, risk is managed, and companies are governed in the corporate sector.  The finance curriculum also provides opportunities to better understand ways in which derivative securities can be used in managing risk  - both international and domestic - in corporations as well as in investment portfolios.

Graduates of the program are well-qualified to take leading roles in industry as well as to continue work towards a doctorate.   The Master of Science (M.S.) in Business and Management (Finance focus) will provide conceptual and practical expertise on how companies, institutions and individuals make investments, raise capital and manage risk in a dynamic financial environment.  Increasingly, the complexity of financial instruments means that advanced knowledge is required to understand risk and return effects of these financial securities.  These skills will be important in helping firms raise capital and issue securities in a way that grows the firm without subjecting it to undue risk.

OVERALL REQUIREMENTS

Core Finance Classes:  15 credits
Finance Electives:  9-10 credits
Related Area Electives:  5-6 credits

Finance Core (All six course required - 15 credits):

BUFN 700	Investment Management
BUFN 758B	Special Topics: Advanced Corporate Finance (2)
BUFN 758P	Special Topics: Private Equity, Initial Public Offerings and Security Issuance (2)
BUFN 758R	Financial Restructuring and Strategy (2) (formerly 716, 3 credits)
BUFN 726	Futures and Options Contracts
BUFN 731	Fixed Income Securities

Finance Electives from the following (9-10 credits):

BUFN 758A	Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management (2) (formerly 702, 3 credits)
BUFN 722	Banking and Financial Institutions
BUFN 724	International Financial Management
BUFN 735	Computational Finance
BUFN 758	Special Topics (2 and 3 credit 758 courses are approved electives)
BUSI 771	New Venture Financing
BMGT 840	Seminar in Financial Theory

Approved Electives** from the following (4-5 credits):

BUAC 710	Advanced Accounting Theory
BUAC 711	Advanced Managerial Accounting
BUDT 725	Models & Applications in Operational Research
BUDT 733	Data Analysis for Decision Makers
BUFN 758A	Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management (2) (formerly 702, 3 credits)
BUFN 722	Banking and Financial Institutions
BUFN 724	International Financial Management
BUFN 735	Computational Finance
BUFN 758	Special Topics (2 and 3 credit 758 courses are approved electives)
BUSI 771	New Venture Financing
BMGT 830	Operational Research: Linear Programming
BMGT 835	Discrete Event Simulation
BMGT 840	Seminar in Financial Theory
BMGT 882	Applied Multivariate Analysis I
ECON 603	Microeconomic Analysis I
ECON 621/622	Quantitative Methods I / II

**Students can choose to complete a six credit Master's Thesis in lieu of the two final approved electives.
NOTE: If modifications to the MS requirements occur while a student is pursuing the MS, the student may choose either to continue fulfilling the requirements as they stood at the time of admission to the MS, or to complete the newer requirements. A total of 30 MS credits must be achieved. All MS students should work closely with a program administrator on approval of his/her MS requirements.