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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
Summer
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
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
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
FIN 6930
GatorNest, Independent Studies
Ted Astleford At any time


 
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