Masters of Science in Finance

Curriculum

Foundation Courses ( 4 courses, 6 credits)

• BUSN 505 — Financial Performance of the Firm- Accounting
• BUSN 506 —Financial Performance of the Firm- Finance
• BUSN 507 — Essentials of Economics- Micro
• BUSN 508 — Essentials of Economics- Micro

Required Core Courses (4 courses, 12 credits)

• STAT 601 — Business Statistics
• OPR 601 — Managerial Decision Models and Simulation
• ECON 601 — Managerial Economics
• ACCT 601 — Managerial Accounting

Required Finance Courses (6 courses, 18 credits)

• FIN 601 — Corporate Financial Management
• FIN 602 — Advanced Financial Management
• FIN 622 — Financial Institutions and Markets
• FIN 626 — Investment Management
• FIN 642 — Business Conditions and Forecasting
• FIN 790 OR 794 — Seminar in Finance OR Seminar in Investments

Elective Courses (6 courses, 18 Credits)

At least three electives must be Finance courses. Courses must be 600+ level Drexel LeBow Graduate Courses with Advisor's approval.

Pre-approved electives are listed below:

• ECON 630 — International Economics
• ECON 650 — Business Strategy: Game Theory and Application
• FIN 624 — Risk Management
• FIN 635 — Entrepreneurial Finance
• FIN 640 — Mergers and Acquisitions
• FIN 648 — International Financial Management
• FIN 649 — Comparative Financial Analysis
• FIN 650 — Derivative Securities
• OPR 620 — Operations Research I-Deterministic linear optimization
• POM 601 — Operations Management
• STAT 602 — Decision Sciences I- Elements of Multivariate
• STAT 626 — Statistical Sampling
• STAT 628 — Regress and Correlation Analysis
• STAT 698 — Business Data Mining
• TAX 630 — Corporate Taxation