Finance, MS

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The Master of Science in Finance program is a 30-credit program that focuses on helping students gain advanced technical knowledge and skills in various financial areas. Courses are designed to increase understanding of the factors influencing high-level decision-making and provide students with opportunities to develop and implement their critical thinking skills to solve complex financial problems. The program is designed to provide a quantitative and comprehensive examination of the financial field, preparing students to make quality decisions based on the analysis of financial information.

Program Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate analytical and financial decision-making skills.
Perform an organization’s financial statement analysis and valuation to make informed decisions.
Analyze the impact of risk and uncertainty in decision-making.
Demonstrate skill in security analysis and portfolio management.
Demonstrate the application of theory and practice of finance from a managerial perspective to make practical and ethical decisions.
Present research and analysis in a logical and coherent manner.

Program CIP: 52.0801 - Finance, General.

Program SOC: 13-2051 - Financial and Investment Analysts

Admission Requirements

Completion of a bachelor’s degree in a business discipline with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Goal statement consisting of 300 - 500 words
Professional resume

Conditional Admission

Conditional admission is based on appropriate professional work and teaching experience and/or potential for academic success at the graduate level. Students who are granted conditional admission are limited to one course per session until a GPA of 3.0 has been maintained through six (6) hours of coursework. When this condition has been met, students will automatically be updated to full program status.

Program Requirements

Degree requirements include common core courses and integrate foundation courses for a minimum of 30 semester hours.

Required Graduate Core Courses (27 sem. hrs.)

Elective Graduate Courses (3 sem. hrs.)

Choose one elective from the following:

Columbia College