Program Overview

Finance, MS

Overview

The purpose of the Finance, MS program is to prepare students for successful careers in financial industries and private sectors with finance-related job functions. This degree will provide the opportunity for prospective students to further their education by offering a specialized program that helps them develop technical financial skills to fill the projected market demand and have a successful career in a global economy.

Admissions

Full eligibility and admission requirements can be viewed on the Costello College of Business website.

Policies

For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available.

Graduate level courses offered by the Costello College of Business cannot be audited.

Banner Code: BC-MS-FNAN

Degree Requirements

Total credits: 33

Required Courses

• MSF 603: Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm (3 credits)
• MSF 632: Statistical and Quantitative Methods for Finance (3 credits)
• MSF 643: Financial Economics and Statement Analysis (3 credits)
• MSF 672: Corporate Finance and Governance (3 credits)
• MSF 683: Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance (3 credits)
• MSF 705: Venture Capital, Private Finance, and Alternative Investments (3 credits)
• MSF 706: Investment Analysis (3 credits)
• MSF 707: Futures, Options and Other Derivatives (3 credits)
• MSF 717: International Finance and Financial Markets (3 credits)
• MSF 732: Fixed Income Securities (3 credits)
• MSF 777: Student Managed Investment Fund (3 credits)

Bachelor's Degree (any)/Finance, Accelerated MS

Overview

This BAM pathway will provide the opportunity for prospective undergraduate students to further their education by offering a specialized accelerated program that helps them develop technical financial skills to fill the projected market demand and have a successful career in a global economy.

Undergraduates may be admitted to the Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's program (BAM) and obtain a BS/BA in a chosen major and a MS in Finance in an accelerated time-frame after satisfactory completion of a minimum of 141 credits.

See AP.6.7 Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree for policies related to this program.

Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the Master's degree. For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

BAM-MS Finance Pathway Admission Requirements

Applicants to all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in Graduate Admissions Policies and Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree policies. For information specific to this accelerated master's program, see the Costello College of Business website.

Students will be considered for admission into the BAM pathway after completion of a minimum of 60 credits and additional unit-specific criteria.

Students who are accepted into the BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate-level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits and course specific pre-requisites.

Accelerated Master's Admission Requirements

Students already admitted into the BAM pathway will be admitted to the MS in Finance program, if they have met all the criteria found here and as verified on the Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Transition form.

BAM MS in Finance Pathway Requirements

To maintain the integrity and quality of both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate students interested in taking graduate courses choose from the following:

• Advanced Standing courses (up to 12 credits; grade of B- or better required):
  • MSF 603: Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm
  • MSF 632: Statistical and Quantitative Methods for Finance
  • MSF 643: Financial Economics and Statement Analysis
  • MSF 672: Corporate Finance and Governance
  • MSF 683: Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance
• Reserve Credit courses (up to 6 credits) taken while an undergraduate and will only count for the graduate degree program:
  • MSF 603: Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm
  • MSF 632: Statistical and Quantitative Methods for Finance
  • MSF 643: Financial Economics and Statement Analysis
  • MSF 672: Corporate Finance and Governance
  • MSF 683: Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance

For more detailed information on coursework and timeline requirements, see AP.6.7 Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree policies.