Master's in Finance (MMF) Curricula

Tracks

The Finance Department has organized its programs around particular tracks to assist Eller College Master's in Finance students in career planning. These tracks include:

• Fixed Income
• Corporate Finance

Planning your curricula around these tracks enhances your job opportunities. The department's tracks are designed to help you establish a plan and communicate your plan with recruiters through your resume, cover letters, and interviews.

For specific details on each track and the course requirements, please visit MMF Tracks.

Courses

The department has an extensive offering of courses in both finance tracks. Specific course descriptions are available to aid you in your planning. To review the course descriptions, please visit MMF Course Offerings.

Blocked Course Registration

Students interested in enrolling in the following courses will need to contact the faculty members for approval.

• FIN523A/B. Contact Director Don Seeley and provide your current resume.
• FIN551. Contact Professor Chip Ruscher.
• FIN556. Contact Professor Sharon Garrison.

Financial Markets and Institutions, FIN 551

Join Professor Chip Ruscher and a group of students on a trip to London to explore and experience financial markets from a global perspective. Following class sessions reading and discussing international financial markets, students visit financial institutions and companies not normally open to visitors. Visit the 2006 class website and 2005 class website to read more about this program, requirements and prior trips.

CFA Exam Preparation

Students interested in taking the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation exam, a globally recognized standard for measuring the competence and integrity of investment professionals, will find that the required courses for this major begins their preparation of required core competencies and the candidate body of knowledge covered on the examination. An overview of the CFA designation and requirements is available here.

Through the generous gift of Hal Lindquist, Chief Investment Strategist for The Blackstone Group, the Finance Department has a library of the textbooks recommended for the CFA Exam program preparation. Please contact Kay Ross for more information on borrowing these texts from the department library.

CFP and CFM

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Certified Financial Manager (CFM) designations are also available. Overviews of the designations and requirements of each are available at CFP and CFM.