The course sequence is subject to change.Master of Science in Finance
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The course sequence is subject to change.Master of Science in Finance with a Certificate in Corporate Finance
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The course sequence is subject to change.Master of Science in Finance with a Certificate in Financial Decision Making
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This focus area is designed for students who want to complement their Master of Busines Administration with additional finance courses. It includes the option to complete the Certificate of Corporate Finance first or take finance courses throughout the program. The course sequence is subject to change.MBA with Corporate Finance Focus
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This focus area will help managers use decision-making theory for a better understanding of economic and financial decisions to help guide investors as well as money and corporate managers. It also provides a framework for thinking through a variety of financial issues. The course sequence is subject to change.MBA with Financial Decision-Making Focus
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This course details the fundamentals of financial accounting and finance, as well as microeconomic concepts. It touches on quantitative skills needed to pursue the Master of Science in Finance degree or other master's degrees that entail taking elective courses in finance.
The course introduces students to the analytical concepts and tools of marketing management. It emphasizes the relationships between marketing and overall company strategy, the development of customer orientation, the integration of marketing throughout the organization, and the implementation of systems for planning and controlling the marketing effort. Students consider problems of consumer analysis, product planning, integrated communication, distribution, and pricing. The discovery and application of marketing management skills are developed through the use of readings, cases, exercises, and class discussions.
An economic study of the environment in which the decision-making process takes place in management and the functional areas. It is structured primarily for students without an undergraduate background in economics.
This course covers concepts of leadership, motivation, group dynamics, personality, organizational development strategies, and other behavioral aspects involved in the effective management of an organization through readings, lecture, video, discussion, and case analyses. The emphasis is on building a sound grasp of leadership practice, and on developing the ability to apply such knowledge to actual business problems.
This course covers data analysis, probability concepts, distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression, and correlation analysis.
Law and legal processes are examined as they mix with the politics and ethics of business, including the weight given to legal implications in the executive decision-making process.
This course builds on the Fundamentals of Finance, Accounting, and Economics to provide a more advanced treatment of topics in investment theories, portfolio selection, and corporate finance.
This course uses an inter-disciplinary approach, between finance and accounting, to build knowledge of international finance, financial statement analysis, and company and project valuation.
This course focuses on decision-making theory and behavioral finance and includes case applications to apply theory to topics such as agency problems, conflicts of interest, and money management. Students learn about the psychological, social, and cultural determinants of suboptimal managerial behavior and how those common “mistakes” can be avoided.
This course covers topics in corporate finance and business law, which include the financial and legal aspects of mergers, leasing, and financial strategy.
This course explores modeling applications for corporate finance and investment topics, with a focus on financial options, futures, swaps, and financial engineering. It includes theory and applications of derivative securities in equity, fixed income, foreign currency, commodity, and credit markets.
This course provides a cross-disciplinary coverage of statistics, optimization, and operations management. The tools developed to form the basis of modern analytical business management.
This course teaches students how to develop and present a business plan, and also enhances oral and written business communications skills. Students will write the plan, identify critical issues, develop reasoned positions, display data, and use visual aids effectively to solicit funding from a hypothetical investor group.
This course discusses the formulation and implementation of strategy, from a domestic and international perspective, is explored through cases, readings, and decision simulation. The course primarily emphasizes the integration of all the core areas of business. This core course is required of all MBA students.