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Finance Concentration

The Finance concentration is designed to broaden the student's understanding of the issues that are inherent in the finance decision-making process, focusing on the impact of such decisions for both the public and private sectors of the economy.

Requirements

This concentration requires completion of any three graduate-level Finance courses (listed on the back). Students may design a specialization such as Corporate, Investments, Real Estate, Derivatives, or Banking, or they may take a broad array of courses. Those students interested in specializing in a particular aspect of Finance, can use the following to guide their course selection decisions.

Corporate Finance Courses
:: Problems in Corporate Financial Policy (FIN 551)
:: Special Topics in Corporate Finance (FIN 553)
:: International Finance (FIN 557)
:: Mergers and Acquisitions (FIN 558)
:: Corporate Governance (FIN 559)
:: Derivatives and Risk Management (FIN 562)

Risk Management Courses
:: Options and Futures (FIN 527)
:: Derivatives and Risk Management (FIN 562)
:: International Finance (FIN 557)

Banking Concentration

The required courses in the Banking concentration are designed to study money, capital markets, and banking as a means to understanding how financial markets determine interest rates and why different assets earn different rates of returns. The economic functions of financial services firms, the role and function of central banks in the economy and how the actions of central banks interacting with asset markets affect the macro economy will be studied. The present structure of banking will be studied with particular emphasis on the relationship between commercial banking practices and economic stabilization goals. Issues in financial engineering, bank asset/liability management, capital adequacy, new dimensions in banking, and the current regulatory structure governing the operations of banking organizations are also included.

The present structure of banking will be studied with particular emphasis on the relationship between commercial banking practices and economic stabilization goals. Issues in financial engineering, bank asset/liability management, capital adequacy, new dimensions in banking, and the current regulatory structure governing the operations of banking organizations are also included.

Requirements

Students complete the Banking concentration by taking the following three courses:
:: Commercial Banking (FIN 512)
:: Money, Capital Markets, and Banking (FIN 513)

Plus One Course From The Following:
:: Financial Statement/Security Analysis (FIN 524)
:: International Finance (FIN 557)
:: Applied Risk Management (FIN 562)
:: Credit Risk Management (FIN 798)
:: Investment Banking (FIN 798)
:: Alternative Investment (FIN 798)

Investment Management Concentration

The required courses in the Investment Management concentration are designed to provide an overview of the investment environment for the institutional money manager, including the market mechanism, market equilibrium and the relationship between risk and return and the valuation of various investment instruments.

Students will study contemporary theories and techniques of security selection and management available to the institutional portfolio manager. Students will develop financial analysis skills from the view of an outsider using a corporation’s publicly available financial statements.

Requirements

Students complete the Banking concentration by taking the following three courses:
:: Investment Analysis (FIN 523)
:: Financial Statement And Security Analysis (FIN 524)
:: Portfolio Management (FIN 525)