Master of Science in Finance
The Master of Science in Finance (M.S.F.) degree helps students understand and succeed, even in volatile financial conditions. Successful finance experts must understand how the industry’s key players—commercial and investment banks, investment management companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, and regulatory agencies—operate, thrive, and even fail. Courses cover the latest industry-relevant concepts and technologies from finance professors, with practitioner and scholarly experience, bringing their career knowledge and understanding of the markets directly to the classroom.
Curriculum
The Master of Science in Finance program requires 33 credit hours (11 courses) of graduate work. Students have the option to choose a concentration or design their own.
MASTER OF FINANCE CURRICULUM
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 18 | |
| Mathematics with Financial Applications | 3 | |
| Statistical Analysis in Financial Markets | 3 | |
| Financial Modeling | 3 | |
| Valuation and Portfolio Management | 3 | |
| Futures, Options, and OTC Derivatives | 3 | |
| Financial Statement Analysis | 3 | |
| Choose a concentration of 3 courses | 9 | |
| Mathematical Finance | ||
| Investments | 3 | |
| Theory of Finance I | 3 | |
| Theory of Finance II | 3 | |
| Financial Technology | ||
| Machine Learning for Finance and Business | 3 | |
| High Frequency Finance and Technology | 3 | |
| Global Markets and Technology | 3 | |
| Portfolio Management | ||
| Asset Valuation | 3 | |
| Quantitative Portfolio Management | 3 | |
| Fixed Income Portfolio Management | 3 | |
| Risk Management | ||
| Market Risk Management | 3 | |
| Credit Risk Management | 3 | |
| Time Series Analysis | 3 | |
| Quantitative Modeling and Trading | ||
| Models for Derivatives | 3 | |
| Term Structure Modeling and Interest Rate Derivatives | 3 | |
| Energy Commodities Analytics and Trading | 3 | |
| Custom Concentration - requires program director approval | ||
| Corporate Finance and Valuation | ||
| Corporate Finance | 3 | |
| Investment Banking and Venture Capital | 3 | |
| Asset Valuation | 3 | |
| Choose from the following electives or from courses listed in the concentrations shown above | 6 | |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 | |
| Special Topics in Finance | 3 | |
| Independent Study in Finance | 3 | |
Minimum degree credits required: 33
