Certificate in Finance

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The graduate certificates in business are designed to allow working professionals to develop expertise and acquire a credential beyond their undergraduate degree. The certificate program allows students to:

Specialize in new areas of business
Update older information or degree
Acquire added skills and credentials to increase their career opportunities

The program allows a student, with guidance of a graduate programs coordinator, to choose a customized program of five to six graduate business classes from the graduate courses offered through the Albers School of Business and Economics. Certificates are awarded in the following areas of specialization: accounting, business administration, business analytics, finance, global business, innovation and entrepreneurship, leadership formation, management, marketing, and risk advisory and assurance. Coursework for the certificate may be applied to other advanced graduate degrees if enrolled in those degree programs prior to completion of the certificate program.

Requirements

Upon completion of the requirements for the Certificate in Finance, students will have posted to their transcripts the entry, Certificate in Finance and be issued a certificate.

I. Prerequisites

Students must have completed satisfactorily coursework in statistics, financial accounting and business finance. The alternatives may be online courses, self-paced tutorials, waiver exams, or other options deemed appropriate by department faculty.

II. Required Courses (9)

FINC 5050 - Corporate Financial Management 3 credit hours ^*
FINC 5100 - Investments 3 credit hours
FINC 5110 - Financial Institutions and Markets 3 credit hours

III. Electives (6)

Choose 2 elective courses from the following:

ACCT 5110 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I 3 credit hours
FINC 5105 - Financial Derivatives 3 credit hours
FINC 5115 - Corporate Investment Decisions 3 credit hours
FINC 5120 - Portfolio Management 3 credit hours
FINC 5130 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours
FINC 5300 - Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation 3 credit hours
FINC 5305 - Finance for International Business 3 credit hours
FINC 5310 - Financial Risk Management 3 credit hours
FINC 5315 - Entrepreneurial Finance 3 credit hours
FINC 5320 - Advanced Topics in Investments 3 credit hours
FINC 5325 - Real Options Analysis 3 credit hours
FINC 5330 - Fixed Income Analysis 3 credit hours
FINC 5335 - Hedge Funds 3 credit hours
FINC 5345 - Personal Financial Planning 3 credit hours
FINC 5370 - Valuation for Financial Reporting 3 credit hours
FINC 5500 - Cases in Managerial Finance 3 credit hours
FINC 5800 - Introduction to Financial Technology 3 credit hours

Minimum credits required for certificate: (15)*

*Students simultaneously earning a Master of Science in Accounting and Analytics or Master of Professional Accounting degree who have completed ACCT 5050 /FINC 5050 - Corporate Financial Management will complete the Certificate in Finance with 12 additional credits instead of 15. The 12 Certificate credits must be beyond any Core/Foundation requirements for the degree.