Students obtain a solid background in business finance and investments by completing graduate-level introductory finance courses and more advanced electives in specialized areas of finance. Students select electives that best meet their educational and career goals.

Students interested in graduate work should refer to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  1. Analyze financial data using current statistical tools.
  2. Use financial ratio analysis to assess the health of a company.
  3. Understand the structure, function, and operation of financial markets.
  4. Describe the role and importance of financial institutions in the global economy.
  5. Value stocks, bonds, and other securities, and measure their risk and return.
  6. Understand how portfolio diversification affects risk and return.
  7. Identify key regulatory and legal issues that affect financial markets and institutions.
  8. Apply core finance concepts to analysis of specialized financial products and institutions.

Effective Fall 2023

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

BUS 601Quantitative Business Analysis2
BUS 640Financial Principles and Practice2
BUS 641Financial Markets and Investments2
Select 5 credits from the following:5
FIN 602
Options and Futures
FIN 603
Corporate Risk Management
FIN 604
Employee Benefits
FIN 605
Enterprise Valuation
FIN 606
Fundamentals of International Finance
FIN 607
Fundamentals of Bond Markets
FIN 608
Fundamentals of Firm Valuation
FIN 609
Fundamentals of Personal Finance
FIN 612
Private Equity and Venture Capital
FIN 613
Alternative Investments
FIN 650
Behavioral Finance
REL 601
Fundamentals of Real Estate Finance
REL 602
Real Estate Finance and Investments
Program Total Credits:11

*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.