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Finance Specialization

The Finance specialization provides students with advanced skills in corporate finance and investments. Students study how to select different instruments for investments, financing business activities, and managing financial risk.

The MBA curriculum in this specialization includes the following courses:

• FIN 552 Topics in Financial Markets and Investment

  Major topics include capital structure, determining discount rates, the risk return tradeoff, capital markets, and derivatives and options. (3 credits)

• FIN 531 Fundamentals of Derivative Contracts

  This course involves study and analysis of various forms of derivative securities. Explanation of various risk-transfer devices such as options and futures contracts, valuation of and strategies involved in trading these securities, hedging and speculating with options and futures. (3 credits)

• FIN 530 Principles of Global Finance

  This course teaches how multi-national firms or firms facing international competition manage financial risk unique to a multi-national setting such as fluctuations in currency exchange rates, interest rates, and political stability. (3 credits)