MS Finance First Semester Courses based on Preliminary Requirements:

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Note that, in order to navigate through the MS Finance program smoothly, all prerequisite courses must be completed first.
• FIN 9782 can be taken as a co-requisite with FIN 9783 it is an optional elective.
• Some elective courses do not have prerequisites.
• International students need to be registered for 9 credits in fall and spring to be considered full-time; Part-time students typically take 6 credits per semester.
• Preliminary courses are offered every fall and spring (with the exception of ECO 9740, which is sometimes offered in fall only).
• Required courses (ECO 9723: Econometrics, FIN 9781: Intermediate Corporate Finance, and FIN 9783: Investment Analysis) are offered every fall and spring.
  • These courses serve as prerequisites for many of the advanced electives.
• Students should plan to complete BUS 9551: Business Communication I within their first two semesters.
  • BUS 9551 is offered every fall, spring, and summer.
• Elective Courses are typically offered once per year (either in fall, spring, or summer).
• Only the department can grant permission to students to register for a course(s) without having the prerequisite.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• LAW 9250 and LAW 9708 are not offered regularly, so it is advisable to register for at least one LAW course in your first semester.
• Preliminary courses ECO 9730 and ECO 9740 can be deferred to a subsequent semester.
• Required courses FIN 9781, FIN 9783, and ECO 9713 can be taken in the Fall.
• Required course BUS 9551 can be taken in a later semester.

Students with appropriate academic background will be able to reduce the number of credits in preliminary requirements.

Waiver Criteria for Preliminary requirements

Students may be waived from preliminary requirements based on prior coursework from a regionally accredited institution. Students must meet both the letter grade and time limit requirements. The department has determined the following equivalencies.

You will receive an individualized email from the MS Program Office indicating which courses you have been waived from and which courses you are required to complete.  The preliminary courses are prerequisites for many of the required courses in the MS FIN and MS FRM programs.

Please note that the Certified Financial Analyst® (CFA) charter is not sufficient to waive preliminary requirements.