B. Required Major/Technical Support Courses (9-12 hours). These courses must be completed during the first 18 hours of 8000-level course work in the M.S./Fi program.

MGS 8020 Business Intelligence (3) (or MBA 8025 Financial Statement Analysis (3) subject to approval by the MS faculty advisor)
MGS 8150 Business Modeling (3)
MGS 8110 Applied Regression Analysis (3)
MBA 8135 Corporate Finance

MBA 8135 may be exempted (with replacement) if Fi 3300, Fi 4300, and Fi 4320 or their equivalents have been completed with grades of C or higher at the time of admission..

C. Specializations (18 - 21 hours). Students not exempting MBA 8135 are required to take 18 hours of Fi-prefixed courses; 21 hours if exempting MBA 8135. These courses consist of the following:

(i) All M.S.-Finance students are required to take the following course:
Fi 8000 Valuation of Financial Assets (3)

(ii) All students are also required to take a minimum of nine (9) semester hours within a chosen finance specialization. Three areas of specialization are shown below along with various courses considered appropriate for each area that students may select from.

(iii) In addition to Fi 8000 (3 hours) and the 3 courses (9 hours) comprising the chosen finance specialization, students must select an additional six to nine semester hours of any other Fi-prefixed courses (6 hours if MBA 8135 is not exempted; 9 hours otherwise).

Corporate Finance
Fi 8040 Survey of International Finance (3)
Fi 8200 Derivative Markets I (3)
Fi 8300 Advanced Corporate Finance (3)
Fi 8320 Cases and Readings in Corporate Finance (3)
Fi 8350 Corporate Restructuring and Workouts (3)
Fi 8360 Special Topics in Corporate Finance (3) *

* May be taken multiple times for different topics.

Investments
Fi 8020 Financial Analysis and Loan Structuring (3)
Fi 8200 Derivative Markets I (3)
Fi 8240 Global Portfolio Management (3)
Fi 8260 Hedgefunds and Their Trading Strategies (3)
Fi 8310 Investment Banking (3)

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Fi 8020 Financial Analysis and Loan Structuring (3)
Fi 8040 Survey of International Finance (3)
Fi 8260 Hedgefunds and Their Trading Strategies (3)
Fi 8400 Financial Management of Depository Financial Services Firms(3)
Fi 8420 The Financial System (3)
Fi 8440 Finance and Banking in the Global Economy (3)

The department encourages all students pursuing the M.S. degree with a major in finance to take Fi 8000 early in their program as it is a prerequisite for all electives except Fi 8020 and Fi 8040. Fi 8000 is designed so that it may be taken concurrently with MBA 8135 to provide students greater scheduling flexibility.

III. Program of Study. Each student’s program of study must be planned in consultation with the M.S.-Finance faculty adviser prior to the completion of the first semester of enrollment. A copy of the program will be filed with the Office of Graduate Admissions and Student Services (GASS) for review and approval.

Progress toward the degree, including clearance for graduation, cannot be confirmed without an approved program of study. Any changes in the program must be approved by the faculty adviser and a copy of the changes sent to GASS. Students always must consult the Course Descriptions chapter of this catalog to determine if they have met the prerequisites for any course to be taken..

Students always must consult the Course Descriptions to determine if they have met the prerequisites for any course to be taken.

IV.Time Limit. The time limit for completing the M.S./Fi. program is five years from the first semester a course in section B or C (above) is taken.

For more information please contact the MS Finance Advisor.

Professor Milind Shrikhande - 1223 RCB - 404.413.7334