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Curriculum
Designed to offer a comprehensive foundation in finance and flexibility to pursue individual interests, the curriculum for the Master of Science in Finance includes 36 units, consisting of nine required courses and three elective courses. All courses are taught on the University of Southern California campus by the Marshall School of Business faculty— award-winning teachers, scholars and practitioners.
Core courses cover accounting, economics, finance and statistics. Students will learn linear algebra and probability theory and use Stata and Matlab programming languages. The foundation is supplemented with courses on the role of finance in corporations, investment analysis and portfolio theory, and forecasting and risk.
A flexible curriculum allows students to personalize their degree with elective courses in areas such as real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and international trade.
Sample Program Course Number Title Units Summer Term GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting 3 GSBA 511 Managerial Economics 3 GSBA 524 Managerial Statistics 3 GSBA 548 Corporate Finance 3 Fall Semester FBE 531 Corporate Financial Policy and Corporate Governance 3 FBE 543 Forecasting and Risk Analysis 3 FBE 555 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 Elective Courses: Choose one of the following 3 FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy FBE 557 Business Law and Ethics FBE 558 Legal Environment of Business and Corporate Governance FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk FBE 562 Current Issues in International Finance FBE 589 Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities and Markets FBE 591 Real Estate Finance and Investment Spring Semester FBE 524 Money and Capital Markets 3 FBE 529 Financial Analysis and Valuation 3 Elective Courses: Choose two of the following 6 FBE 523 Venture Capital and Private Equity FBE 527 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms FBE 532 Corporate Financial Strategy FBE 533 CEO Pay, Incentives, and Corporate Governance FBE 535 Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities FBE 540 Hedge Funds FBE 554 Trading and Exchanges FBE 557 Business Law and Ethics FBE 558 Legal Environment of Business and Corporate Governance FBE 559 Management of Financial Risk FBE 560 Mergers and Acquisitions FBE 563 Theory of International Trade FBE 571 Introduction to Financial Analysis: Practicum for CFA FBE 565 Economics of Urban Land Use: Feasibility Studies FBE 591 Real Estate Finance and Investment Total Units 36 - RSS
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