Finance Option
The Finance Option offered in conjunction with the MBA creates an opportunity to develop a specialized skill set within the finance area. This option provides students the skills to understand complex financial issues as well as experience in the application of financial tools that facilitate problem solving.
The Finance option requires that students take the 17 credit hours of electives in the MBA program from a specified list of courses, and that the business project be completed with a finance focus. Students must take 8 hours of required finance courses and 9 hours of specified finance electives plus the BA 506F Finance Business Project. Students completing the Finance option course requirements, in addition to the MBA core requirements, will receive an MBA degree with special designation of the Finance option.
Required courses for Finance Option:
- BA506F Finance Business Project (6)
- Fin 552 Investments (4)
- Fin 565 Cases in Corporate Financial Management (4)
MBA-Finance Elective courses:
Students must take a minimum of 9 credit hours of electives from any combination of the Corporate Finance Emphasis Group or the Investments Emphasis Group.
Corporate Finance Emphasis Group
- Fin 507 Executive Briefings: Finance (1)
- Fin 553 Business Valuation (4)
- Fin 556 International Financial Management (4)
- Fin 569 Advanced Financial Theory (4)
- Actg 553 Financial Statement Analysis (4)
- Fin 545 Hedging and Risk Management (4)
- Fin 512 Business Law (4)
Investments Emphasis Group
- Fin 544 Security Analysis (4)
- Fin 545 Hedging and Risk Management (4)
- Fin 573 Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management (4)
- Fin 574 Portfolio Management: Issues and Performance Assessment (2)
- Actg 553 Financial Statement Analysis (4)
- Fin 507 Business Econometrics (4)
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