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    UTA College of Business

MBA with Specialization in Finance

Businesses like IBM, Microsoft, and other Fortune 500 companies constantly have to make a variety of financial decisions that play a vital role in defining the long-run well-being of the company. And it's exactly those decisions that are the focus of the UTA MBA Finance. As an UTA MBA student in the finance specialization, you can benefit from the advice and experience of finance professors with a wealth of knowledge, applied research, and general know-how.

The MBA - Finance curriculum provides both a working understanding of the financial decision-making processes in organizations as well as insight into how financial markets function. The Department offers a variety of graduate finance courses in the areas of corporate and small business finance, investments, health care finance, portfolio and security, and international finance.

Career Options

investment bank, portfolio manager, security analyst, financial analyst, corporate finance manager, investor relations manager, commercial loan officer, asset manager

Your specialization requires 9-18 credit hours of finance coursework. Also, you require 18 hours of advanced course work outside your specialty which can be selected from any graduate business courses. You may choose your electives from the following list:

  • 5199 GRADUATE FINANCE INTERNSHIP
  • 5299 GRADUATE FINANCE INTERNSHIP
  • 5315 HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
  • 5323 INVESTMENTS
  • 5327 FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
  • 5329 PORTFOLIO AND SECURITY ANALYSIS
  • 5330 REAL OPTIONS
  • 5331 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
  • 5334 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS
  • 5340 FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS
  • 5350 MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
  • 5351 SEMINAR IN FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE MODELING
  • 5392 SELECTED TOPICS IN FINANCE
  • 5399 GRADUATE FINANCE INTERNSHIP

While you can have the flexibility to select courses that meet your unique professional and personal goals, the MBA-Finance course sets are available to assist you with your course selection. These course sets are prepared by experienced faculty members who are aware of the type of skills that are needed in various career fields. In addition, each course set also lists suggested professional journals relevant to your career objective. For the faculty page of Finance Department, please click here.

For detailed information about course syllabus and prerequisites of each course please see the graduate catalog.