Courses
The department has an extensive offering of courses in the finance tracks. All master’s-level finance courses are scheduled to avoid conflicts, giving students the opportunity to select from among all of the 500-level finance courses offered.
Specific course descriptions are available to aid you in your planning. To review the course descriptions, please visit Master's in Finance Descriptions.
Blocked Course Registration
Students interested in enrolling in the following courses will need to contact the department for approval.
- FIN 518. Contact Kay Ross, Program Coordinator.
- FIN 521. Contact Kay Ross, Program Coordinator.
- FIN523A/B. Contact Director Don Seeley and provide your current resume.
Current Offerings
Required courses for Master's in Finance students are offered Fall and Spring semesters. Select elective courses are offered during Fall and Spring. A normal offering of classes is provided below.
Fall Semester
- FIN 512. Advanced Corporate Finance (prerequisite for FIN532)
- FIN 513. Valuation Modeling (prequisite for FIN532)
- FIN 515. Venture Capital
- FIN 518. Investment Banking
- FIN 521. Investment Analysis (prerequisite for FIN522)
- FIN 523A*. Applied Portfolio Management
- FIN 536. New Venture Finance
- FIN 542. Fixed Income (prerequisite for FIN544)
- FIN 560. Real Property
- ACCT 554. Accounting Analysis/Financial Statements
Spring Semester
- FIN 514. International Finance
- FIN 522. Advanced Risk Management and Derivatives
- FIN 523B*. Applied Portfolio Management
- FIN 525. Empirical Finance Methods
- FIN 532. Corporate Finance Strategy
- FIN 545. Interest Rate & Credit Risk Models
- FIN 561. Commerical Real Estate Development
All courses are three units.
Course offerings are subject to change.
*Students accepted to FIN523A make a one-year commitment and also complete FIN523B in the Spring semester.
For additional information, please contact us.

