Welcome new MS in Finance and MS in Financial Risk Management students!
MS Advising Team
Taneisha Green, Monee’ Johnson, Donelle Bailey, Cassandra Constant, Ken Eng
Email: ZicklinMSPrograms@baruch.cuny.edu
Group advising and registration assistance is available. RSVP for upcoming advising sessions.
MS Finance and Financial Risk Management Faculty Contacts:
Professor Jonathan Wang, Department Chair
E-mail: junjonathan.wang@baruch.cuny.edu
Waiver Criteria for Preliminary requirements
Students may be waived from preliminary requirements based on prior coursework. 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.
Students must meet both the letter grade and time limit requirements.
| Course # | Undergraduate Equivalent | Graduate Equivalent | Minimum Grade | Time Limit | School Accreditation |
| ECO 9730 Firms in the Global Economy | 1.5 credits of microeconomics or 3 credits of micro and macro economics | 1.5 credits of microeconomics or 3 credits of micro and macro economics | B- | 5 years | Regional |
| ECO 9740 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 1.5 credits of macroeconomics or 3 credits of micro and macro economics | 1.5 credits of microeconomics or 3 credits of micro and macro economics | B- | 5 years | Regional |
| FIN 9762 Introduction to Quantitative Tools | 6 credits of statistics or econometrics | 3 credits of statistics or econometrics | B | 3 years | Regional |
| FIN 9770 Corporate Finance | 6 credits of financial management, corporate finance, or investments | 3 credits of financial management or corporate finance | B | 3 years | Regional |
MS in Finance (FIN) curriculum: https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/academic-programs/graduate/ms/finance/
MS in Financial Risk Management (FRM): https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/academic-programs/graduate/ms/financial-risk-management/
- 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.
- 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).
If you do not fall into one of these registration categories, register for any preliminary courses your evaluation states. Additional courses will be selected from the required sections of the curriculum.
MS FIN First Semester Courses based on Preliminary Requirements:
| Students required to complete all of the preliminary courses | Students waived from all of the preliminary requirements | Students waived from ECO 9730 & ECO 9740 | Students waived from FIN 9770 & FIN 9762 | Students waived from ECO 9730, ECO 9740 & FIN 9770 |
| *BUS 9551 ECO 9730 ECO 9740 FIN 9770 FIN 9762 |
*BUS 9551 FIN 9783 ECO 9723 FIN 9781 **FIN 9782 ***ECO 9713 |
*BUS 9551 FIN 9770 FIN 9762 ***ECO 9713 |
*BUS 9551 ECO 9730 ECO 9740 FIN 9781 ECO 9723 FIN 9783 |
*BUS 9551 FIN 9762 FIN 9781 FIN 9783 **FIN 9782 ***ECO 9713 |
| Students waived from ECO 9730, ECO 9740 & FIN 9762 | Students waived from ECO 9730 & FIN 9770 | |||
| *BUS 9551 FIN 9770 ECO 9723 ***ECO 9713 |
*BUS 9551 ECO 9740 FIN 9762 FI N9783 FIN 9781 **FIN9782 |
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*BUS 9551 is offered every semester it is highly recommended to register for the course within your first two semesters.
**FIN 9782 can be taking as a co-requisite with FIN9783 it is an optional elective.
***ECO 9713 is an elective course.
Course Sequencing for MS FIN Elective Courses:
| Electives offered for the fall (electives offerings are subject to change) | Electives offered for the spring (electives offerings are subject to change) | Electives offered for the summer (electives offerings are subject to change) | Additional courses offered as part of the 19.5 credits of electives 0-6 credits |
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ECO 9713 |
ECO 9713 FIN 9786 FIN 9790 – (Seminar topics) FIN 9792 FIN 9795 FIN 9852 FIN 9853 FIN 9891-Special Topics FIN 9895-Special Topics FIN 9897-Special topics |
FIN 9858 FIN 9895- (Different sections of special topics are offered) FIN 9891- Special Topics |
ACC 9110 (fall and spring) ***ACC 9810 (infrequent) ****ACC 9993 (fall, spring, summer; Prereq ACC 9110 or ACC 9112)) CIS 9555 (fall) RES 9776 (fall, spring; Prereq FIN 9770) RES 9850 (Spring; Prereq FIN 9770 or RES 9776) BUS 9801-9803 (Internship) |
****Students may receive permission to enroll in ACC 9993 by providing a transcript showing completion of equivalent coursework to ACC 9110 Financial Accounting.
Note that in order to navigate through the MS Finance program smoothly all prerequisite courses must be completed first. Only the department can grant permission to students to register for a course(s) without having the prerequisite.
- 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).
- FIN 9783 Investment Analysis and ECO 9723 Econometrics are typically offered every fall and spring; all other required courses are offered in either fall or spring.
- FIN 9783, ECO 9723, and FIN 9781 (elective option), serve as the prerequisites for many 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).
If you do not fall into one of these registration categories, register for any preliminary courses your evaluation states. Additional courses will be selected from the required sections of the curriculum.
MS FRM First Semester Courses based on Preliminary Requirements:
| Students required to complete all of the preliminary courses | Students waived from all of the preliminary requirements | Students waived from ECO9730 & ECO9740 | Students waived from ECO9730, ECO9740 & FIN9762 |
| *BUS 9551 ECO 9730 ECO 9740 FIN 9770 FIN 9762 |
*BUS 9551 |
*BUS 9551 FIN 9770 FIN 9762 Required Elective (if you satisfied the prerequisite) |
*BU S9551 |
| Students waived from FIN 9770 & FIN 9762 | Students waived from ECO 9730, ECO 9740 & FIN 9770 | Students waived from ECO 9730 & FIN 9770 | |
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*BUS 9551 |
*BUS 9551 FIN 9762 Required Required Elective (if you satisfied the prerequisite) |
*BUS 9551 ECO 9740 FIN 9762 Required Required Elective (if you satisfied the prerequisite) |
Note that in order to navigate through the MS FRM program smoothly all prerequisite course(s) must be completed first. Only the department can grant permission to students to register for a course(s) without having the prerequisite.
*BUS 9551 is offered every semester it is highly recommended to register for the course within your first two semesters.
Course Sequencing for MS FRM Required and Elective Courses:
| Fall (elective offerings are subject to change) | Spring (elective offerings are subject to change) | Summer (elective offerings are subject to change) |
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BUS 9551 |
BUS 9551 |
FIN 9858 FIN 9895- (Different sections of special topics are offered) FIN 9891- Special Topics |