Required Courses

A minimum of 30 credits is required for the MS Finance degree.  Course descriptions and University requirements for graduate students can be found in the University of Delaware Catalog.  A more complete description of all of the requirements for the MS in Finance are contained in the MS in Finance Program Policy Statement.

Students are expected to have had the equivalent to MATH 221 Calculus and MATH 230 Finite Mathematics with Applications.  Also, students will need basic computer skills equivalent to ACCT 160 Introduction to Business Information Systems I.

Prerequisites: Incoming students are expected to understand fundamental finance and accounting concepts.   Perquisite courses can be waived by students who have work experience or prior coursework in the area. 
ACCT800
Financial Reporting and Analysis
FINC850
Financial Management
 
Required Courses
Skills Module
Credits
ECON822
Econometric Theory
3
ECON822 must be taken concurrently with FINC870 and is a prerequisite for FINC871 and FINC872
ACCT820
Financial Statement Analysis
3
Finance Practice Module
Students may substitute an elective for each of these courses for which they have extensive work experience or prior coursework in the area. 
FINC851
Corporate Financial Analysis
3
FINC852
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
3
FINC855
Financial Institutions & Markets
3
Finance Theory Module
FINC870
Theory of Financial Decision Making
3
FINC871
Workshop in Finance: Seminar
3
FINC872
Workshop in Finance: Empirical Research
3
Electives
Two elective courses
6
Program Total
30
 
Electives - 6 credits:
Students may choose courses from the following list but are not limited to courses on the list.   Other courses may be used towards the degree requirements if submitted as part of the student’s program of study and approved by the MS Finance Program Director prior to registration in the course. The MS Finance Program Director will decide on whether a particular variation from the stated degree requirements is allowed.
 
FINC853 International Financial Management
FINC854 World’s Wealthiest Investors
FINC856 Financial Engineering and Risk Management
FINC858 Corporate Governance
FINC859 Seminar in Finance
FINC861 Financial Modeling and Valuation
ECON801 Microeconomic Theory
ECON802 Macroeconomic Theory
ECON815 Managerial Forecasting
ECON819 Economics of Information
ECON823 Seminar in Econometrics
ECON824 Topics in Advanced Econometrics
ECON825 Time-Series Econometrics
ECON852 Monetary Economics
ACCT614 Federal Tax Research and Planning
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