Master of Science in Finance

The master of science (MS) in finance is designed to provide a quantitative and comprehensive examination of the finance field. Students will advance through corporate finance, investments, and market instruments and institutions. Additionally, students will experience significant exposure to supporting coursework in the closely related fields of accounting and economics. A capstone experience will tie together the major finance topics and expose students to literature, and the analysis thereof, pertinent to the field.

After a comprehensive examination of the field, students may choose their electives to satisfy their specific career goals. Students desiring to take advanced certification, such as the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) or CFP (Certified Financial Planner), will want to take advanced courses in Derivatives, Financial Statement Analysis, Investments and Portfolio Management, while students interested in pursuing careers in other fields may want to take Entrepreneurial Finance, or similar advanced topics offered by the School of Business.

Finance Program & Course Syllabi

The MS in finance requires successful completion of 36 credit hours including 27 required credit hours and 9 credit hours of electives. The following courses are required for the MS in finance:

Note: Program prerequisites are to be completed before beginning coursework for the MS in finance for those students who have not completed prerequisite courses (or an appropriate equivalent) within five years of entering the program and having earned a grade of B or better. If the appropriate prerequisite course content was completed longer than five years prior to entering the program, the department will allow a waiver if the student demonstrates their command of the content area by successfully completing a waiver examination. The prerequisite courses BUSN 5600 and BUSN 5620 may not count as electives in the 36-credit-hour MS in finance.

Getting Started

Finance courses are offered at the following locations:

Continental United States

Jacksonville Metropolitan Campus, FL
Kansas City Metropolitan Campus, MO
Little Rock Metropolitan Campus, AR
North Orlando Metropolitan Campus, FL
San Diego Metropolitan Campus, CA
South Orlando Metropolitan Campus, FL
St. Louis, MO
- Home Campus
- West Port Plaza Campus
- WingHaven Campus, St. Charles County

International

Geneva, Switzerland
London, United Kingdom
Vienna, Austria

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