MSF Curriculum Overview
Students must complete 32 credit hours of graduate study with at least 16 FIN or RE credit hours. Students in the MSF program earn a total of 4 credit hours (2 credit hours per course) by attending the Finance Professional Speaker Series and taking the Asset Allocation Project Course. These two courses last the entire length of the Fall and Spring terms.
The remaining 28 credits are taken over five seven-week sessions:
- Summer B (typically begins in late June)
- Fall, Module 1 (late August to mid October)
- Fall, Module 2 (begins after a one week break and goes until mid December)
- Spring, Module 3 (early January until late February)
- Spring, Module 4 (finishes in early May)
Program Course Offerings
The * courses have seats held for MSF students during the initial dates of semester registration. Other courses are subject to availability.
There are two informal sequences in the program:
- Bonds: Fixed Income Security Valuations, Interest Rate Risk Management, Special Topics in Fixed Income
- Valuation / Corporate Finance: Measuring and Managing Value, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Decision Making and Study in Valuation
Introduction to Real Estate is a precursor to other RE courses.
Course |
Instructor(s) |
Term |
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Summer |
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| FIN 6545 (4513) Fixed Income Security Valuations* |
Dr. David Brown | Summer B |
| FIN 6595 (5082) Investment Analytics* |
Dr. Jason Karceski | Summer B |
Fall |
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| FIN 6930 Asset Allocation* |
Dr. Jason Karceski | All of Fall |
| FIN 6935 Finance Professional Speaker Series* |
Dr. David Brown and guest speakers |
All of Fall |
| ECO 5715 (8878) Open Economy Macroeconomics |
Dr. Douglas Waldo | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6427 (4947) Measuring and Managing Value* |
Dr. Joel Houston | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6537 (3737) Derivative Securities |
Dr. Mahendrarajah (Nimal) Nimalendran |
Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6545 Fixed Income Security Valuations |
Dr. David Brown | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6638 (5698) International Finance* |
Dr. Andy Naranjo | Fall - Mod 1 |
REE 6045 (0624 & 7938) Introduction to Real Estate |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Fall - Mod 1 |
| FIN 6465 (5689) Financial Statement Analysis* |
Dr. Michael Ryngaert | Fall - Mod 2 |
| FIN 6547 (5543) Interest Rate Risk Management* |
Dr. David Brown | Fall - Mod 2 |
GEB 6116 (7642) Business Plan Formation |
William J. Rossi | Fall - Mod 2 |
| LAS 6295 (5676) Latin American Business Environment |
Dr. Terry McCoy | Fall - Mod 2 |
| REE 6395 (0668) Investment Property Analysis* |
Dr. David Ling | Fall - Mod 2 |
| REE 6930 Real Estate Appraisal |
Todd Jones | Fall - Mod 2 |
Spring |
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| FIN 6930 (6805) Asset Allocation* |
Dr. Jason Karceski | All of Spring |
| FIN 6935 Finance Professional Speaker Series* |
Dr. David Brown and guest speakers |
All of Spring |
| FIN Capitalism and Regulation |
Dr. David Brown | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6429 Financial Decision Making* |
Dr. Christopher James | Spr - Mod 3 |
FIN 6526 Portfolio Theory* |
Dr. Robert Radcliffe | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6549 Special Topics in Fixed Income* |
Dr. David Brown | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6642 Global Entrepreneurship |
Dr. Arnold Heggestad | Spr - Mod 3 |
| FIN 6930 Venture Analysis |
TBA | Spr - Mod 3 |
| GEB 6115 Social Entrepreneurship |
TBA | Spr - Mod 3 |
| REE 6045 Introduction to Real Estate |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Spr - Mod 3 |
| REE 6208 Secondary Mortgage Markets and Securities* |
Dr. Wayne Archer | Spr - Mod 3 |
FIN 6958 International Financial Markets Study Tour*Early application necessary. Expect additional fees. |
Dr. Andy Naranjo | Between Mods 3 & 4 |
| FIN 6930 Capitalism |
Bruce Foerster | Spr - Mod 4 |
| GEB 6116 Business Plan Formation |
Dr. William Rossi | Spr - Mod 4 |
| ACG 6387 Strategic Costing |
TBA | Spr - Mod 4 |
| ECS 6423 Latin American Business Economics |
Staff | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6434 Private Equity |
Dr. Christopher James | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6438 Study in Valuation* |
Dr. Michael Ryngaert | Spr - Mod 4 |
| FIN 6476 Venture Finance* |
Staff | Spr - Mod 4 |
| REE 6397 Real Estate Securities and Portfolios* |
Dr. David Ling | Spr - Mod 4 |
All Terms |
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| FIN 6905 GatorNest, Independent Studies |
Dr. Arnold Heggestad | At any time |
