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MBA Concentration in Finance

In addition to the core course curriculum requirement, a student must complete 15 credit hours of elective/concentration courses. The requirements for an MBA with a concentration in Finance are: GFIN 590  and three electives (including GINB-502).  It is strongly urged that a finance or economics course be taken as the fifth elective. Students may also take finance courses within the entrepreneurship department.

Finance Concentration Course Descriptions

GFIN-501.  Advanced Corporate Finance.  3 crs.  Advanced study of internal business financial policies and decisions with an emphasis on sources and forms of long-term financing, financial structure and cost of capital, dividend policy, and other advanced topics of mergers and acquisitions, basic options, and foreign exchange exposure management.  Prerequisite:  GFIN-500.

GFIN-502.  Financial Markets and Institutions.  3 crs.  Advanced study and analysis of the operations of financial markets (money and capital markets), including structure, allocation, efficiency, and institutions (private and regulatory) that intermediate in the financial markets.   Prerequisite:  GFIN-500.

GFIN-503.  Investments and Portfolio Analysis.  3 crs.  Examines four different types of financial markets both global and domestic; equity markets, fixed income security markets, options and futures markets with a focus on the valuation of securities in these markets, the empirical evidence concerning valuation models and strategies that can be employed to achieve various investment goals.  Both practical and theoretical aspects of portfolio management will be discussed in the course.  Prerequisite: GFIN-500.

GFIN-505.  Financial Modeling.  3 crs.  NO DESCRIPTION.  Prerequisite:  GFIN-500.

GFIN-506.  Seminar: Financial Engineering.  3 crs.  NO DESCRIPTION.  Prerequisite:  GFIN-500.

GFIN-507.  Seminar: Modern Financial Analysis Topic.  3 crs.  NO DESCRIPTION.  Prerequisite:  GFIN-500.

GFIN-590.  Corporate Finance Policy and Strategy.  3 crs.  A capstone course in the Finance programs curriculum that is application-oriented and uses the case method.  Broad arrays of analytical and financial decision-making skills are applied, including Financial Planning, Capital Structure and Budgeting, International Financial Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking and other areas.  Prerequisite:  At least two finance electives, MBA candidate, and final semester.
 

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