Oct 01, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Finance, M.S.


Minimum number of credits required to complete the program:  32

Minimum cumulative GPA required:  3.0

School: Girard School of Business

Learn more about the program

The M.S. in Finance (MSF) provides a pathway for students who wish to acquire the skill sets necessary to pursue and advance in a career in a variety of financial areas, across a broad scope of organizations, ranging from large investment companies to banks and brokerage firms, and corporations of all sizes. It is open to those with finance, business, or non-business undergraduate degrees. Students will learn how to analyze different investment options, will prepare financial models, will be exposed to different trends in the finance industry, and will learn a variety of finance concepts that will cross different financial services industries, treasury, and finance departments. No prerequisites are necessary to enter the program.

The degree incorporates a powerful combination of financial, analytical, and strategic analysis skills and integrates different finance related certifications such as Bloomberg, Factset, and Morning Star. The curriculum is updated regularly to align with best practices in the finance industry and includes content related to the CFA examination for those pursuing the credential. 

Courses in the program are offered 100% online or hybrid/hyflex.

Program Requirements


Curriculum for Students with an Undergraduate Finance or Business Degree


The MSF for students with a finance undergraduate degree (or a business degree with a full finance concentration) is composed of 24 credits of core courses and 8 credits of electives for a total of 32 credits.

Required Core Courses


Complete the following required courses: 

Finance Electives


Complete 8 credits of coursework at the FIN5000 level or higher, not including the core courses or FIN 5100  - Essentials of Finance.

Elective Course Requirements


Complete 8 credits of open business electives from the following areas:

  • Any ACC5000 level course or higher (for students who completed undergraduate coursework in introductory accounting and taxation)
  • Any BAI5000 level course or higher (excluding BAIxxxx - Business Analytics & Intelligence Capstone)
  • Any MGT5000 level course or higher
  • Any MKT5000 level course or higher
  • Credits: 4
  • Credits: 4
  • Any additional DSE5000 level course or higher (which requires DSE5001 and DSE5002 as a prerequisite)
  • Students interested in a concentration will take additional credits.

Curriculum for Students Without an Undergraduate Finance or Business Degree


The MSF, for students with a non-finance or non-business undergraduate degree, is composed of 24 credits of core courses and 8 credits of finance elective courses for a total of 32 credits.

Required Core Courses


Complete the following required courses:

Finance Elective Requirements


Choose any FIN5000 level course or higher not included in the core courses.