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Foundation Work
The foundation courses below are required to ensure students have the appropriate educational background for this program. If you have earned an undergraduate business degree or an MBA from an AACSB or EQUIS accredited institution you automatically waive out of all foundation courses and can begin the core curriculum.

Pre-Program Foundation - 6 credits
Any student who has taken statistics or economics at the undergraduate level may be eligible to waive each course, subject to a transcript review.

PPF 501

Statistics

PPF 502

Economic Environment of the Firm

Program Foundation - 12 credits
Students who have received a business degree from a non-AACSB or EQUIS accredited institution may be eligible to waive the program foundation course, subject to a transcript review. All non-business majors must take the foundation courses.

Module I (6 Credits)

PF 503

Accounting for Decision-Making

PF 504

Financial Statement Analysis for Decision-Making

PF 505

Managing People in Organizations

MSF Curriculum
To earn the MSF degree, students must successfully complete 10 courses (30 credit hours).

Core Courses - 18 credits required

FI 625

Corporate Finance: Theory, Tools and Concepts

FI 635

Fixed Income Valuation and Strategies

FI 640

Equity Valuation

FI 685

Financial Strategy

FI 751

International Financial Management

ST 625

Quantitative Analysis for Business and Finance

Elective Courses - 12 credits required
Three finance courses (nine credit hours) and one free elective (three credit hours), all at the 600 level or higher, for which appropriate prerequisites have been met, from any course offered in the Graduate School catalogue.

FI 603

Short-term Financial Management

FI 627

Corporate Finance: Applications and Advanced Topics

FI 645

Derivatives

FI 649

Seminar in Equity Trading

FI 650

Advanced Portfolio Theory and Practice

FI 710

Enterprise Risk Management

FI 730

Management of Financial Institutions

FI 735

Mergers and Acquisitions

FI 745

Real Estate Investment Analysis

FI 787

Large Investments and International Project Finance

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