MS in Finance/MBA
Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet the admission criteria of both programs and are admitted separately to each through separate applications. Depending on their background, students may be required to take additional technical, business, or other background courses as part of the MS in Finance or MBA degree requirements.
Degree Requirements
Students can complete the Joint MS in Finance/MBA with a minimum of 70 semester hours. In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MS in Finance—Required Courses and Capstone (12 hours) | ||
| Investments | ||
| Corporate Finance | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Finance | ||
| MS in Finance—Electives (20 hours) | ||
| Elective courses will be selected in consultation with an advisor based upon student’s educational and professional goals. Courses can be chosen from the following list of approved electives; other courses may be chosen with approval of the MSF Director of Graduate Studies. At most, 8 hours can be in disciplines other than Finance. | ||
| Portfolio Analysis | ||
| Fixed Income Securities | ||
| Theory and Structure of Options and Futures Markets | ||
FIN 521 | ||
| Alternative Investments: Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Hedge Funds | ||
| Financial Modeling | ||
| Financial Communication | ||
| Energy Finance | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Capital Markets | ||
FIN 540 | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Financing Entrepreneurship | ||
| Applied Equity Investment Management | ||
| Personal Finance | ||
| Financial Decision Making I | ||
| Advanced Investment Management | ||
| Empirical Issues in Finance | ||
| Risk Management | ||
| Securities Markets and High-Frequency Trading | ||
| Special Topics in Finance | ||
| Independent Study in Finance | ||
| Financial Accounting I | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| Corporate Valuation and Accounting Information | ||
| Accounting Research: Methodology and Communication | ||
| Analytics for Big Data | ||
| Social Media and Network Analysis | ||
| Advanced Text Analytics for Business | ||
| Business Data Visualization | ||
| Data Mining for Business | ||
| Machine Learning and Statistical Methods for Business Analytics | ||
| Deep Learning and Modern Applications | ||
| Time Series Econometrics | ||
| Business Research and Forecasting II | ||
| Microeconomic Theory I | ||
| Macroeconomic Theory I | ||
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MBA—Required Courses and Capstone (26 hours) | ||
| Introduction to Financial Accounting | ||
| Microeconomics for Business Decisions | ||
| Introduction to Corporate Finance | ||
| Introduction to Operations Management | ||
| Enterprise Strategy | ||
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Introduction to Marketing | ||
| MBA—Electives (12 hours) | ||
| At least 12 semester hours of 500-level courses from a discipline other than Finance dedicated to completing the requirements for a concentration in one of the following areas: | ||
Accounting | ||
Business Analytics | ||
Economics | ||
Entrepreneurship | ||
International Business | ||
Management | ||
Marketing | ||
Management Information Systems | ||
Real Estate | ||
Self-Directed | ||
Supply Chain Management | ||