Curriculum — Financial Risk Management Track

Identify and analyze areas of potential risk threatening the assets, earning capacity and success of a business.

Curriculum Planner

Core Curriculum (24 Credits)

required courses (24 credits)

  • MGF 633 Investment Management (3 credits)
  • MGF 635 Financial Derivatives (3 credits)
  • MGF 638 Fixed Income Security (3 credits)
  • MGF 641 Financial Policies and Strategies (3 credits)
  • MGF 661 Management of Financial Institutions (3 credits)
  • MGF 685 International Finance Management  (3 credits)
  • MGF 696 Portfolio Theory and Strategy  (3 credits)

Capstone (3 credits)

Choose one course. 

  • MGF 644 Supervised Research - Fixed Income  (3 credits)
  • MGF 645 Supervised Research - Equities  (3 credits)

Electives (12 credits)

Stem electives: (6+ credits)

 At least two electives must be STEM designated. Availability varies by semester

  • MGF 634 Quantitative Methods in Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 636 Complex Financial Instruments  (3 credits)
  • MGF 637 Financial Modeling (3 credits)
  • MGF 639 Security Trading (3 credits)
  • MGF 675 Multinational Banking and Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 687 Technology for Finance: Big Data, Machine Learning and AI Applications (3 credits)
  • MGS 616 Predictive Analytics (3 credits)
  • MGS 628 Data Visualization (3 credits)

non-stem electives (0-6 credits)

Choose remaining courses below. Availability varies by semester. 

  • MGA 632 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
  • MGA 637 Business Valuation for Accountants (3 credits)
  • MGE 602 Global Economics (3 credits)
  • MGF 522 Financial Analysis (3 credits)
  • MGF 647 Terese Kelly Investment Group (TKIG) (3 credits)
  • MGF 648 Finance Practicum (Internship) (3 credits)
  • MGF 650 Comprehensive Financial Analysis (3 credits)
  • MGF 651 Experiential Projects in Finance (3 credits)
  • MGF 657 Financial Innovation (second year option) (3 credits)
  • MGF 658 Mergers and Acquisitions (3 credits)
  • MGG 6XX or MGG 611 Global Programs (one 3-credit course or two 1.5-credit courses)

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Summary

24 core credits + 12 elective credits (including at least 6 STEM credits) = 36 credits required for degree.