Dual MS-MBA in Finance
The dual MSFIN-MBA degree is designed for students that aspire to a career in the financial services sector or a position of leadership in the chief financial office of any firm. A technical Master of Science degree coupled with an MBA provides a great mixture of education and creates a well-rounded employee. This dual degree can equip Master’s in Finance students with strong business management skills and MBA students with specialized knowledge of areas in Finance beyond the general courses in their program’s curriculum, accelerating their growth into positions of leadership and opening a more diverse selection of career choices. Students will earn two separate master's degrees in this dual degree program.
This dual program offers an exceptional combination of management skills with deep and practical knowledge of all relevant aspects of Finance. The MBA program is particularly suited for Finance professionals, as it incorporates a unique blend of courses on leadership development, management skills, technology, and analytics skills, as well as human skills.
Students in this program benefit from close interaction with an internationally recognized faculty body with diverse educational and professional backgrounds in both programs within the School of Business, from the in-classroom, online and hybrid formats of the classes offered, including summer classes, and networking opportunities with alumni from both programs and other industry professionals.
Dual MS-MBA in Finance Degree Requirements
Students are required to take the following core courses and elective courses:
Elective Courses
Students are required to take 4 electives (12 credits) of Finance (FIN or FE) courses. Electives must be approved by an advisor.
Core Courses
| FIN 510 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| FIN 638 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGT 700 | Econometrics | 3 |
| FIN 515 | Financial Decision Making | 3 |
| FIN 627 | Investment Management | 3 |
| FIN 628 | Derivatives | 3 |
| FIN 629 | Fixed Income | 3 |
| FE 511 | Introduction to Bloomberg & Thomson-Reuters | 1 |
| FE 515 | Introduction to R | 1 |
| FE 517 | SAS for Finance | 1 |
| FE 520 | Introduction to Python for Financial Applications | 1 |
| BIA 610 | Applied Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 612 | Leader Development | 3 |
| MGT 699 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGT 635 | Managerial Judgment and Decision-Making | 3 |
| MGT 641 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MGT 663 | Discovering and Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunities | 3 |
| MGT 808 | Fundamentals of Consulting | 3 |
| MGT 809 | Industry Capstone Experience | 3 |
| BIA 500 | Business Analytics: Data, Models & Decisions | 3 |