The finance concentration is designed to prepare students for financial decision-making positions in corporate, investment, financial and governmental institutions. Courses offered in finance include advanced financial management, investments and security analysis, funds management in financial institutions, international finance, and derivatives.

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Prerequisite
Calculus (MGMT 212 or MGMT 500)

Foundation courses (0 to 12 credit hours, dependent on the number of courses waived)
ACCT 507 Fundamentals of Accounting
ECON 500 Concepts in Economics
FIRE 520 Financial Concepts of Management
MGMT 524 Statistical Elements of Quantitative Management

Core area (15 credit hours)
FIRE 622 Financial Management of Financial Institutions
FIRE 623 Financial Management
FIRE 635 Investments and Security Analysis
FIRE 639 International Finance
FIRE 650 Derivatives

Finance, insurance and real estate electives (12 credit hours) Students select four of the following courses:
FIRE 621 Cases in Financial Management
FIRE 625 Group Insurance and Pension Planning
FIRE 626 Risk Management
FIRE 629 Real Estate Investment Analysis
FIRE 654 Short-term Financial Management
FIRE 657 Current Issues in Investments and Markets
FIRE 658 Real Estate Finance and Investments
FIRE 664 Current Issues in Corporate Finance
FIRE 691 Topics in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
FIRE 693 Field Project in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate*
FIRE 697 Guided Study in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate

* FIRE 693 Field Project in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate is recommended for full-time students. The department will work closely with full-time students and prospective employers in order to achieve this goal.

A student may substitute a free elective for one of the FIRE electives with the approval of the director of the concentration in finance.

Free electives (3 credit hours)
Students may choose any free elective approved by the director of the M.S. program in finance. Students are encouraged to select accounting, economics, math or statistics courses.