Finance Concentrations

The MS Finance program offers a wide range of elective concentrations. A student who takes two or more classes within a particular concentration will have the concentration mentioned on their transcript. The concentrations, and the associated classes, are:

Corporate Finance

• MSF 534 Corporate Finance

• MSF 535 Investment Banking

• MSF 536 Marketing of Financial Products

Financial Economics and Econometrics

• MSF 564 Financial Theory

• MSF 565 International Finance Theory

• MSF 566 Time Series Analysis

• MSF 567 Bayesian Econometrics

Financial Engineering

• MSF 524 Models for Derivatives

• MSF 525 Interest Rates, Term Structure and Credit Models

• MSF 526 Computational Finance

Financial Markets

• MSF 591 Global Financial Markets

• MSF 592 Global Investment Strategies

• MSF 593 Market Microstructure

Financial Programming

• MSF 574 .NET and Database Management

• MSF 575 C++ with Financial Applications

• MSF 576 OOP and Algorithmic Trading Systems.

Investment Management

• MSF 544 Equity Valuation

• MSF 545 Structured Fixed Income Portfolios

• MSF 546 Quantitative Investment Strategies

• MSF 547 Hedge Funds

• MSF 548 Real Estate

• MSF 549 Commodities and Managed Futures.

Risk Management

• MSF 554 Market Risk Management

• MSF 555 Credit Risk Management

• MSF 556 Enterprise Risk Management

Trading

• MSF 584 Equity and Equity Derivatives Trading

• MSF 585 Fixed Income Trading Strategies

Independent Study and Research Seminars

• MSF 596 Research Seminar in Finance

• MSF 597 Independent Study in Finance.