Finance Graduate Certificate

15-24 credit hours

Graduate Certificate Foundation Courses

Candidates with undergraduate degrees from areas other than business or candidates whose graduate or undergraduate programs in business did not contain appropriate coursework may be required to take foundation courses before completing the certificate program. Such foundation courses must be completed with a GPA of 3.0 or better prior to beginning the certificate courses. Please reference the required Foundation courses for each listed certificate.

Any and all of the foundation courses may be waived if in the judgment of PCB&E the applicant has earned, within the past five years, university level credit covering the topics of the prerequisite course with a GPA of 3.0 or better or the equivalent.

Foundation courses may vary by specific graduate certificate programs.

Requirements

Foundation Coursework

0-9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

Accounting Foundation Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ACCT 21010 - Principles of Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 51010 - Financial Accounting Concepts Credit Hour(s): 3

Statistics Foundation Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

MTH 14100 - Basic Statistics Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 56070 - Statistics and Quantitative Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3

Finance Foundation Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

FIN 32000 - Principles of Finance Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52010 - Financial Policy Credit Hour(s): 3

Certificate Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

FIN 52020 - Cases in Managerial Finance Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52030 - Investments Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52032 - Portfolio Management Credit Hour(s): 3

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ACCT 51070 - Financial Statement Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52015 - International Finance Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52031 - Derivatives Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52033 - Fixed Income Securities Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52065 - Financial Markets and Institutions Credit Hour(s): 3

Notes:

(1) Courses are three credit hours unless otherwise indicated. (2) Additional foundation courses may vary by specific graduate certificate programs. (3) Any and all of the foundation courses may be waived if in the judgment of PCB&E the applicant has earned, within the past five years, university level credit covering the topics of the prerequisite course with a GPA of 3.0 or better or the equivalent.