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.






