MSFA Curriculum
A total of 49 quarter-credit hours are required to complete the Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA) degree. The program is divided into three key areas: 11 credits of business, 30 credits of financial analysis core courses, and 8 credits of financial analysis electives.
Business (11 credits)
- BA 531 Executive Briefings (1)
- Mgmt 562 Business Strategy and Policy (4)
- BA 506 MSFA Business Project (6)
Financial Analysis Core (30 credits)
- Fin 551 Financial Management for Financial Analysts (4)
- Actg 551 Accounting Information Systems (4)
- Actg 552 Strategic Cost Management (4)
- Actg 553 Financial Statement Analysis (4)
- Fin 553 Financial Analysis and Business Valuation (4)
- Fin 555 Applied Econometrics for Financial Analysis(4)
- Actg 542 Tax Factors in Business Decisions (4)
- Actg 560 Professional Ethics and the Public Interest (2)
Financial Analysis Electives - Select two of the following courses (8 credit hours)
- Actg 525 Tax Research Methods (4)
- Actg 527 Corporate Taxation (4)
- Actg 550 Contemporary Financial Reporting Issues (4)
- *Actg 593s Advanced Auditing (4)
- *Actg 585s Business Law (4)
- Fin 545 Hedging and Risk Management (4)
- *Fin 552s Investments (4)
- *Fin 556s International Financial Management (4)
- Fin 562 Intermediate Financial Management (4)
- Fin 565 Cases in Corporate Financial Management (4)
- *Fin 573s Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (4)
- Fin 574 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (2)
- Mktg 544 Marketing Management (4)
- Mktg 555 Technology Marketing (4)
- Other courses as approved by the Director of the MSFA program in consultation with the SBA’s Graduate Program Committee.
*The School of Business restricts the number of slash credits (indicated with an “s”) to 4.
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