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Graduate Programs Goals and Learning Outcomes
M.S.B.A. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE PROGRAM
Goal 1: Learn to assess a firm’s financial condition.
Learning Outcomes:
- Design, create and interpret financial statements
- Design, create and interpret cash flow statements
Goal 2: Learn to evaluate choices between competing resource needs.
Learning Outcomes:
- Select among and apply capital budgeting techniques
- Determine discount/hurdle rates
- Evaluate investments in working capital and long-term assets.
Goal 3: Learn to determine a firm’s funding needs.
Learning Outcomes:
- Design and analyze pro forma statements
- Determine composition of short and long term funds
- Identify and evaluate financing choices
Goal 4: Learn to value a firm and its assets.
Learning Outcomes:
- Select among and apply valuation techniques both, DCF (discounted cash
flow) and non-DCF approaches
- Apply the contingent claims approach to valuation
Goal 5: Learn to evaluate securities and manage portfolios.
Learning Outcomes:
Apply models for pricing stocks, bonds, and derivative instruments- Construct optimal portfolios
- Design hedging strategies to manage market risks (e.g., currency,
commodity, economic, and political)
Goal 6: Learn to evaluate the legal, regulatory, economic and industry environment, domestic and international, in which firms operate.
Learning Outcomes:
Perform competitive and comparative analyses of industries- Describe global capital markets
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Graduate Admissions: Application process and Deadlines
Graduate Bulletin
Class Schedules
Description of Graduate Courses
Blackboard Courses
Information on Careers in Finance
Information on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Program Information on the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
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