MSF Curriculum Overview
Students must complete 32 credit hours of graduate study with at least 16 FIN or RE credit hours. Students in the MSF program earn a total of 4 credit hours (2 credit hours per course) by attending the Finance Professional Speaker Series and taking the Asset Allocation Project Course. These two courses last the entire length of the Fall and Spring terms.
The remaining 28 credits are taken over five seven-week sessions:
- Summer B (typically begins in late June)
- Fall, Module 1 (late August to mid October)
- Fall, Module 2 (begins after a one week break and goes until mid December)
- Spring, Module 3 (early January until late February)
- Spring, Module 4 (finishes in early May)
Program Course Offerings
The * courses have seats held for MSF students during the initial dates of semester registration. Other courses are subject to availability.
There are four informal sequences in the program:
- Bonds: Fixed Income Security Valuations, Interest Rate Risk Management, Secondary Mortgage Markets and Securities
- Valuation / Corporate Finance: Measuring and Managing Value, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Decision Making and Study in Valuation
- Real Estate: Introduction to Real Estate, Investment Property Analysis, Secondary Mortgage Markets and Securities, Real Estate Securities and Portfolios
- International Finance: International Finance, Financial Management of Multinational Corporations, Emerging Markets Finance Part I, Emerging Markets Finance Part II
Introduction to Real Estate is a precursor to other RE courses. It is not a required prerequisite. MSF students often take the last two courses in the RE sequence without a prior RE course. However, MSF students deciding to take a course should take Investment Property Analysis.
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Term |
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Summer |
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| Students with approved summer internships may make up summer credits during the Fall and Spring. | ||
| FIN 6545 Fixed Income Security Valuations* |
Dr. David Brown | Summer B |
| FIN 6595 Investment Analytics* |
Michael D. Smith, CFA | Summer B |
Fall |
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| FIN 6525 Asset Allocation* |
Dr. Carolyn Takeda- Brown |
All of Fall |
| FIN 6935 Finance Professional Speaker Series* |
Dr. David Brown and guest speakers |
All of Fall |
| ECO 5715 Open Economy Macroeconomics |
Dr. Douglas Waldo | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6427 Measuring and Managing Value* |
Dr. Joel Houston | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6545 Fixed Income Security Valuations |
Dr. David Brown | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6638 International Finance* |
Dr. Andy Naranjo | Fall - Mod 1 |
REE 6045 Introduction to Real Estate |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6465 Financial Statement Analysis* |
Dr. Michael Ryngaert | Fall - Mod 2 |
| FIN 6537 Derivative Securities |
Dr. Mahendrarajah (Nimal) Nimalendran |
Fall - Mod 2 |
| FIN 6547 Interest Rate Risk Management* |
Dr. David Brown | Fall - Mod 2 |
| FIN 6930 Asset Allocation and Investment Strategies |
Dr. Brian Gendreau | Fall - Mod 2 |
GEB 6116 Business Plan Formation |
William J. Rossi | Fall - Mod 2 |
| LAS 6295 Latin American Business Environment |
Dr. Terry McCoy | Fall - Mod 2 |
| REE 6395 Investment Property Analysis* |
Dr. David Ling | Fall - Mod 2 |
| REE 6930 Real Estate Appraisal |
Todd Jones | Fall - Mod 2 |
Spring |
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| FIN 6525 Asset Allocation* |
Dr. Carolyn Takeda- Brown |
All of Spring |
| FIN 6935 Finance Professional Speaker Series* |
Dr. David Brown and guest speakers |
All of Spring |
| FIN 6930 Capitalism and Regulation |
Dr. David Brown | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6930 Introduction to Computational Methods for Derivatives Pricing |
Dr. Farid AitSahlia | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6429 Financial Decision Making* |
Dr. Christopher James | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6642 Global Entrepreneurship |
Dr. Arnold Heggestad | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6930 Venture Analysis |
TBA | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6930 Emerging Markets Finance: Part I |
Dr. Brian Gendreau | Spr - Mod 3 |
| GEB 6115 Social Entrepreneurship |
TBA | Spr - Mod 3 |
| REE 6045 Introduction to Real Estate |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Spr - Mod 3 |
| REE 6208 Secondary Mortgage Markets and Securities* |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Spr - Mod 3 |
FIN 6930 International Financial Markets Study Tour*Early application necessary. Expect additional fees. |
Dr. Andy Naranjo | Between Mods 3 & 4 |
| ACG 6387 Strategic Costing |
TBA | Spr - Mod 4 |
| ECS 6423 Latin American Business Economics |
Staff | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6434 Private Equity |
Dr. Christopher James | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6438 Study in Valuation* |
Dr. Michael Ryngaert | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6476 Venture Finance* |
Staff | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6930 Capitalism |
Bruce Foerster | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6930 Securities Trading |
TBA | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6930 Financial Risk Management |
Dr. Farid AitSahlia | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6930 Emerging Markets Finance: Part II |
Dr. Brian Gendreau | Spr - Mod 4 |
| REE 6397 Real Estate Securities and Portfolios* |
Dr. David Ling | Spr - Mod 4 |
All Terms |
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| FIN 6930 GatorNest, Independent Studies |
Ted Astleford | At any time |
