Class-Based
Master of Business
Administration (MBA) in
Financial Management
4-week
COURSES
Year-round
enrollment
230K+ Alumni Worldwide
Overview
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program prepares you for leadership and management positions in an ever-changing business environment. The program provides a conceptual understanding and practical application of essential business disciplines, including accounting, economics, data analysis, finance, management, and marketing. In addition, you’ll acquire the skills needed for effective team building, quantitative and qualitative decision-making, and creative problem-solving. To ensure the program meets your needs, you’ll be assigned to a faculty mentor to review your career objectives and provide course selection and specialization guidance.
The Financial Management specialization works best for those seeking leadership and analysis positions in the growing, global field of financial management. With coursework applicable to domestic and international businesses, nonprofits, and governmental organizations, your studies will focus on growth and diversification policies, portfolio management, investment banking, merger strategies, exchange rate movement and risk, and case or research projects that analyze contemporary financial issues.
Admission Requirements
In preparation for your Master of Business Administration studies, you need to complete the following two courses. These may be waived with the completion of the appropriate accounting, finance, and mathematics courses as a part of an undergraduate business degree at a regionally accredited university or if you score 80% or above on a challenge exam.
- ACC 600 – Financial Accounting for MBAs
- MNS 601 – Statistics for Business
Course Details
Required Courses
For the Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Financial Management, you must complete seven foundational courses, four specialization courses, and a capstone course.
Foundational Course Listings
Course Name
An in-depth examination of marketing environments and the impact marketing activities have on organizational operations. This course explores modern marketing problems and solutions from conceptual, legal, social, and ethical perspectives. It also discusses domestic and international frameworks for fundamental marketing functions, including marketing information systems and the use of advanced technologies in marketing decision-making.
An analysis of the global economical, political, and cultural factors affecting international businesses. Coursework provides an overview of international trade and investment theory, the pros and cons of protectionism, the global financial environment, and the role of the multinational corporation. Special emphasis is on international sourcing, marketing, and strategic management for global business.
This course presents a customer-oriented view of organizational operations. You’ll explore how strategic planning and operations deliver products and services to customers efficiently and effectively. Particular issues of focus will include quality, physical design, and systems management.
A study of information technology applications in large businesses and how these tools facilitate improved decision-making. Specific topics include the effective and efficient management of projects, inventory, and transportation. The course concludes with the evolution of logistics into the broader concept of supply chain management. You’ll focus on how enterprise-wide information systems enable cross-functional, interfirm collaboration that can produce new competitive advantages.
This course explores the accounting concepts and reporting techniques applied in management decision-making. You’ll study accounting data from real-world case studies and present the analysis, conclusions, and recommendations. Managerial accounting models and reporting techniques used by diverse enterprises in many countries will be examined, including cost accounting, the behavior of costs, budgeting, differential analysis, and responsibility accounting.
A study of pricing systems, market structures, and consumer theory as they apply to managers in decision-making environments. You’ll focus on using mathematical and economic tools to determine the optimal output, resource usage, and capacity planning with an organization.
In this course, you’ll explore the elements of corporate financial management through case studies and term projects. Topics of study include long-term financing sources, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and reorganization, the globalization of finance, ethical standards, information technology, and financial strategy.
This capstone course provides an opportunity to integrate and execute the knowledge acquired throughout the MBA program. Readings and lectures will illustrate strategic management theories and frameworks, while case discussions, experiential exercises, and team projects provide opportunities for application. An integral part of the course will involve preparing a comprehensive, written case analysis. The emphasis will be on developing, implementing, and analyzing organizational strategies and policies that impact a firm’s survival and success in a competitive global marketplace.
Specialization Courses
Course Name
This course expands the materials covered in FIN 609A. You’ll examine the following aspects of financial strategy and decision-making: capital structure and dividend policy; initial public offerings; financial restructuring; lease financing; cash, inventory, and receivables management. Risk management, bankruptcy, reorganization/liquidation, corporate mergers, and multinational financial management are also studied.
This course looks at the process of appraising and pricing securities. You’ll explore the following topics in depth: trend forecasts in the stock and bond markets, fundamental and technical analysis, modern portfolio theory (MPT), analysis of active and passive investment strategies, the income-generating potential of securities, and portfolio performance measurement.
An examination of international finance and investing. This course covers the international balance of payments and foreign exchange. Topics of focus include exchange rate determination, exchange risk, hedging, interest arbitrage, international money and capital markets, international financing, and international portfolio management.
This course presents an overview of financial systems, financial markets, and commercial banking in the 1990s and early 21st century. You’ll explore asset and liability management issues for depository institutions, nondepository entities, international bond markets, new issues procedures, digital money, and alternative electronic payment systems. Interest rates and interest rate risk management are part of your studies.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the Master of Business Administration degree with a Financial Management specialization will learn to:
- Evaluate the financial condition of a business and recommend procedures
- Appraise security portfolios and investment proposals and evaluate the relationship in returns for foreign and domestic investment instruments
- Evaluate financial statements and quantitative information for decision-making using appropriate information systems and tools
- Analyze and apply strategies to the competitive business environment of an organization using external and internal factor analysis
- Efficiently and compellingly create and communicate business plans/reports
- Design alternative solutions to logistical and operational problems using critical-thinking skills and innovation
- Assess the global business environment and generate strategies for companies to succeed across the world
- Assess the economic environment within an industry and recommend appropriate financial actions
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