Full-Time MBA

Banking, international finance, investments, currency trading, money management, financial analysis -- sound like you? These are but a few of the careers developed through the finance concentration. You'll find Freeman alums working in finance positions around the globe, with companies from banks to governments and everything in between.

There are several key features of the finance curriculum that will make your Freeman MBA an experience unlike any other:

The curriculum is organized in a practical, experience-developing, career-focused way. Course content is dictated by the skills and knowledge sets you need to succeed in a finance career rather than by traditional academic interests. The curriculum is sequenced to synchronize the timing of your finance training to the timing of your job search. Technical skills useful in summer internships and initial interviews are emphasized early in the curriculum and more complex integrative skills are developed later as you approach job site visits and graduation.

The finance concentration at the Freeman School puts you with some of the leading faculty in finance. It enables you to develop experience in world-class trading environments and internationally recognized investment management programs. Elective courses tie your training more tightly to the needs of the companies that recruit you, and hence, more tightly to your interests as you face a competitive job market.

Curriculum in Finance

Students may earn a concentration in finance by completing the following 12 credit-hours:

First year, spring semester

FINE 7130 Advanced Financial Management (3 drecit hours)

Second year, fall semester

FINE 7600 Valuation and Financing Enterprises (3 credit hours)

FINE 7110 Investments (3 credit hours)

Second year, spring semester

FINE 7080 Options and other Derivative Securities (3 credit hours)

Students pursuing the finance concentration are encouraged to take Equity Analysis/Burkenroad Reports for Practice of Management III (MGMT 6230).

Electives in Finance:

Energy Markets, Institutions, and Policy

Energy Fundamentals and Trading

Advanced Energy Trading and Finance

Electricity Markets and Trading

Venture Capital and Private Equity

International Finance

Real Estate Planning, Finance, and Development

Cases in Real Estate

Darwin Fenner Student Managed Fund

Independent Study: Finance

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