Graduate Certificate in Finance
Our finance certificate program is designed for early and mid-career professionals who are seeking careers in financial management, capital markets, banking, corporate treasury, investment management and related fields. Employers are looking for professionals who are skilled in financial analysis and are savvy financial decision makers. This program will give you the knowledge and tools that you need to take the next steps in your career.
Maximum flexibility for working professionals
- Flexible online program
- 8 courses
- Complete the program in as little as three semesters
- 21 credit certificate program
Degree
Certificate
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Course Descriptions
Up to 3 prerequisite courses (6 credits) may be waived based on previous coursework in accounting, finance and statistics. To be eligible for a course waiver, a grade of ‘B-‘ or better is required in an approved course taken within the past 5 years. Pass/fail courses will not be eligible for a course waiver.
Financial Management is about decisions firms make in two broad areas: the investments it makes and how it pays for them. The first involves expenditures for physical capital, human capital, technological capability, brand capital, and so forth. The second involves raising money in financial markets. In business decision making, the objective is to maximize shareholder wealth. Why the emphasis on shareholders? Among stakeholders generally (i.e., customers, employees, suppliers, government, communities, etc.), shareholders alone possess a uniquely comprehensive and long-term view of the firm's viability as an ongoing enterprise. This perspective arises from the residual nature of shareholders' claim to earnings and assets. Wealth is created when the return from investing business resources exceeds their opportunity cost.
FINC 501 Finance Fundamentals provides an introduction to fundamental topics which are prerequisite for FINC 530 Financial Management:
- Financial Statements and Ratio Analysis
- Financial Statement Forecasting
- Time Value of Money
Offered online every fall, spring, and summer semester; prerequisites ACCT 501
Financial Management is about decisions firms make in two broad areas: the investments it makes and how it pays for them. The first involves expenditures for physical capital, human capital, technological capability, brand capital, and so forth. The second involves raising money in financial markets. In business decision making, the objective is to maximize shareholder wealth. Why the emphasis on shareholders? Among stakeholders generally (i.e., customers, employees, suppliers, government, communities, etc.), shareholders alone possess a uniquely comprehensive and long-term view of the firm's viability as an ongoing enterprise. This perspective arises from the residual nature of shareholders' claim to earnings and assets. Wealth is created when the return from investing business resources exceeds their opportunity cost.
FINC 530 Financial Management provides an advanced discussion of the analytical techniques used to assess the impact of business decisions on shareholder value. The course covers these topics:
- Valuation-stocks, bonds, corporate valuation
- Interest rates and financial markets
- Investment decision making (capital budgeting analysis)
- Risk, return and the opportunity cost of capital
- Market efficiency
- Capital structure
Offered every fall, spring, and summer semester; PR: FINC 501, ACCT 515, STAT 510, GRBU 503 PR or CONCURRENT: ECON 520