Finance and Risk Management MS

Program Director: Jian Yang
Email: Jian.Yang@ucdenver.edu
Telephone: 303.315.8423

The master of science in finance and risk management provides the necessary depth and specialized expertise to meet the needs of businesses for financial managers, investment analysts and other finance specialists.

The program emphasizes a familiarity with the institutions in our financial system, an understanding of financial markets and instruments, and the analytical skills and tools necessary to make informed decisions about investment and financing.

The program is suited to students from a wide variety of undergraduate backgrounds and is particularly appropriate to students with strong technical and analytical backgrounds. Admission standards for the MS finance and risk management program are unique to the program. Therefore, admission to other graduate business programs does not guarantee admission into the MS finance and risk management program.

The MS in finance and risk management offers flexibility with on-campus and online courses. The MS finance and risk management degree requirements are met by the following courses and options:

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: BUSN 6550, Analyzing and Interpreting Accounting Information, or the equivalent of a financial accounting course taken within the last ten years with a “B-” grade or higher. Students are also expected to be knowledgeable in spreadsheet software.

Finance and Risk Management Core: (18 hours)

Specializations: (12 hours)

Students must complete one of the following specializations:

Commodities Specialization

Economics Specialization

Finance and Risk Management Core (9 hours)
BUSN 6640 - Financial Management
FNCE 6330 - Investment Management Analysis
FNCE 6382 - Survey of Financial Derivatives
Finance and Risk Management Electives (6 hours)

Select any two FNCE/RISK/CMDT courses numbered 6000 or higher.
Economics Core (12 hours)
ECON 5073 - Microeconomic Theory
ECON 5083 - Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 5803 - Mathematical Economics
ECON 5813 - Econometrics I
Quantitative Elective (3 hours)

Select one of the following courses:
ECON 5823 - Econometrics II
ECON 6801 - Advanced Mathematical Economics
MATH 5351 - Actuarial Models
MATH 5390 - Game Theory
MATH 5792 - Probabilistic Modeling

The Economics Specialization is a stand alone program which requires 30 credit hours

Finance Specialization

Students must select at least 3 courses with FNCE/CMDT/RISK prefix, numbered 6000 or higher. Remaining Finance Elective may be any of the following courses: FNCE/CMDT/RISK course numbered 6000 or higher, ACCT 6140 Tax Planning for Mangers, ACCT 6340 Financial Statement Analysis, ENTP 6824 Entrepreneurial Financial Management, ECON 5813 Econometrics I, ECON 5823 Econometrics II, MATH 5792 Probabilistic Modeling, or MATH 5390 Game Theory.

Financial Analysis and Management Specialization

Select three or four of the following courses:
FNCE 6310 - Financial Decisions and Policies
FNCE 6340 - Business Firm Valuation
FNCE 6360 - Management of Financial Institutions
FNCE 6411 - International Corporate Governance
FNCE 6420 - Mergers and Acquisitions
FNCE 6450 - Short-Term Financial Management
FNCE 6460 - Emerging Market Finance
FNCE 6480 - Financial Modeling
If 3 courses completed from list above, select 1 course from the list below:
ACCT 6140 - Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax
ACCT 6340 - Financial Statement Analysis
CMDT 6582 - Commodity Supply Chain Management
CMDT 6682 - Trading in Commodity and Financial Markets
CMDT 6802 - Foundations of Commodities
ENTP 6824 - Entrepreneurial Financial Management
MATH 5390 - Game Theory
RISK 6129 - Practical Enterprise Risk Management
RISK 6509 - Global Risk Management
RISK 6809 - Principles of Risk Management & Insurance
RISK 6909 - Corporate Risk Management
CMDT 6782 - Commodity Data Analysis

Risk Management and Insurance Specialization

Required Courses:
RISK 6129 - Practical Enterprise Risk Management
RISK 6809 - Principles of Risk Management & Insurance
RISK 6909 - Corporate Risk Management
Quantitative Elective

Select 1 of the following:
CMDT 6582 - Commodity Supply Chain Management
CMDT 6682 - Trading in Commodity and Financial Markets
CMDT 6782 - Commodity Data Analysis
CMDT 6802 - Foundations of Commodities
ECON 5823 - Econometrics II
ENTP 6824 - Entrepreneurial Financial Management
FNCE 6340 - Business Firm Valuation
FNCE 6360 - Management of Financial Institutions
FNCE 6411 - International Corporate Governance
FNCE 6420 - Mergers and Acquisitions
FNCE 6480 - Financial Modeling
MATH 5792 - Probabilistic Modeling
RISK 6309 - Strategic Risk Management
RISK 6409 - Employee Benefits and Workforce Risk Management
RISK 6509 - Global Risk Management
RISK 6800 - Special Topics: Cyber Risk Management & Cyber Warfare
There may be additional prerequiste courses for the ECON and/or MATH selections. Please check with those departments or the graduate adivsors.

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