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Finance

The goal of an MBA Concentration in Finance is to provide important skills in financial management through a structured set of courses that students and their eventual employers will value, while exploiting relative strengths in other areas of business education. A concentration in Finance reinforces the key concepts and tools of finance, shows how to apply them to rapidly changing problems and use them with modern technology and information sources. A concentration in Finance offers a strong foundation, an understanding of global issues, and skill in financial engineering.

Primary Concentration:
all four courses listed below

Secondary Concentration:
any three courses listed below

FNCE 5202 (302): Investment & Security Analysis
A rigorous foundation in risk/return analysis, asset valuation, the use of derivatives, and financial engineering techniques in risk management and overall portfolio management. Information technology is applied, including computerized financial modeling and asset management software.

FNCE 5209 (303): Corporate Finance
A markets-oriented approach to corporate finance issues, especially capital structure and dividend policy. Modern concepts of agency theory and asymmetric information are integrated.

FNCE 5205 (305): Global Financial Management
An exploration of global finance topics such as 1) international trade, 2) balance of payments, 3) exchange rate determination, 4) currency exposure, and 5) the cost of capital in global financial markets. Information technology is applied.

FNCE 5206 (306): Financial Institutions: Management and Capital Markets
Investigation of the structure of financial services companies (banks, insurance companies, securities firms, and so forth). Emphasis is on the tools used by these firms to compete to provide basic financial services like pooling resources, managing risk, transferring economic resources, pricing information, and clearing and settling payments. The course also addresses financial services product development and the role of information technology in financial services, including software and data.