Program Details

The Master of Financial Management (MFM) is exclusively open to students who have been admitted to a high-impact learning program at Mays Business School,  the Trading, Risk & Investments Program (TRIP), the Commercial Banking Program (CBP), and the Professional Program in Accounting (PPA). In turn, each of these three high-impact programs represent one of three possible academic tracks within the MFM. Students applying for admission to the MFM are not required to take the GMAT, GRE, or any other standardized tests for admissions purposes.

The MFM is comprised of 36 hours of coursework. Undergraduate Finance majors will take six courses or eighteen hours of Finance. While Undergraduate Non-Finance Majors will take nine courses or twenty-seven hours in Finance. TRIP Students will choose from other graduate business and non­business options related to trading, risk and investments to complete their 36 hour MFM degree.

Required Classes – 12 credit hours

• FINC 634 Commercial Credit Analysis (RMA) (Spring) 3
• FINC 643 Commercial Bank Management (Spring) 3
• FINC 633 Seminar in Commercial Banking (Fall) 3
• MKTG 637 Marketing Financial Products and Services 3

Recommended Courses

• ACCT 327 Financial Reporting I 3
• ACCT 647 Financial Statement Analysis 3
• FINC 684 Internship 3

Electives:

Most students take courses that will aid in their long term banking career goals. Examples include, PSAA 608, MGMT 680, MGMT 639, FINC 670.

**Permanent course number forthcoming

Required Classes – 12 credit hours

• FINC 368 Trade Floor Dynamics (*required for all TRIP students, but may be applied to the student’s undergraduate degree rather than the MFM, allowing for an extra elective course)
• FINC 661 Trading Risk Management
• FINC 665 Derivative Securities
• FINC 646 Technical Analysis of Financial Markets
• FINC 684 Professional Internship
• FINC 631 Energy Project Development
• FINC 685 Business Ethics for TRIP
• FINC 689 Energy Trading

Additional Required Classes for Non-Finance Majors – +9 credit hours (30-33* required credit hours)

• FINC 409/635 Survey of Finance
• FINC 629 Financial Management I
• FINC 632 Investment Management

Popular Electives: This list is not inclusive, just electives taken in prior years.

• ACCT: 603, 647
• AGEC: 602, 603
• ECON: 459, 618, 633, 680
• ECMT: 670, 675
• FINC: 640, 649, 641
• HORT: 416
• GEOL: 617
• MGMT 639, 663
• PETE: 453, 621
• PSAA: 621

Finance Track

This track is designed to help students develop analytic skills necessary for decision-making roles in today’s complex business environment. Internships usually occur during the spring term of a student’s senior year. Students also take two mini-mester classes during the semester. Graduates are prepared for careers in consulting with CPA firms, corporations or financial institutions.

Students who follow this track will earn a Master of Financial Management.

Course List:

• ACCT 628 Business Application Modeling (3 hours)
• ACCT 647 Financial Statement Analysis (3 hours)
• ACCT 650 Accounting Ethics (3 hours)
• ACCT 651 Development of Accounting Thought (3 hours)
• ACCT Elective* (3 hours)
• ACCT Elective* (3 hours)
• FINC 629 Financial Management I (3 hours)
• FINC 630 Financial Management II (3 hours)
• FINC 632 Investment Management (3 hours)
• FINC 641 Valuation (3 hours)
• FINC 642 Analysis of Money & Capital Markets (3 hours)
• FINC 645 International Finance (3 hours)

*Accounting Electives:

• ACCT 607 Seminar in Auditing
• ACCT 621 Corporate Tax
• ACCT 689 Accounting Data Analytics
• ACCT 680 Tax Research and Policy
• ACCT 684 Professional Internship

If you do a Spring internship, you MUST take ACCT 689.