MBA in Finance

Area of Study Overview

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The first decade of the 21st century witnessed the nation’s second Great Recession. Financial institutions of all types, including banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies, share the burden for creating perilous global financial conditions that are still being rectified today.

Global businesses need well prepared financial professionals to continue rebuilding the world’s financial institutions through sound financial practices associated with strong, ethics-based decision making.

Businesses worldwide need well educated financial professionals possessing a broad and integrated understanding of finance, investments, and entrepreneurship framed in quantitative reasoning, economic analysis, and statistics.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 9 percent job growth for financial managers through 2020 and notes that services provided by financial managers, such as planning, directing, and coordinating investments, will continue to be in demand as the economy grows.

The School of Business and Management offers an MBA with an area of study in Finance that equips students with the core finance and business management skills necessary to pursue careers in domestic and international banking, broker-dealer firms and management consulting.

Credit Distribution

I. Core Courses (21 credits)

ETM-750Ethics for Managers

3

MKM-700Marketing Management

3

FIN-710Financial Management

3

SOP-720Strategic Operations Management

3

GSM-730Global Strategic Management

3

ORR-710Organizational Research

3

MBA-730MBA Capstone

3

II. Area of Study (12 credits)

IBF-504Corporate and Managerial Finance

3

INV-711Investments

3

TGF-713Topics in Global Finance

3

IBF-507Financial Modeling

3

III. MBA Electives (6 Credits)

Select 6 credits from the following:

ENP-732Entrepreneurship

3

HRM-760Human Resource Management - Talent Management

3

PJM-721Project Management

3

MKR-700Market Research

3

SOM-702Introduction to Social Media

3

INV-711Investments

3

FSA-712Financial Statement Analysis

3

NEG-731Negotiations

3

SUS-700Designing a Business Case for Sustainability

3

MCO-740Management Communications

3

Total Credit Hours: 39

Note: Organizational Research (ORR-710) must be taken prior to the Management Capstone (MBA-730).You cannot take them in the same term. Contact your academic advisor to register for both courses.