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Master of Financial Mathematics with Emphasis in Management

The following three courses are optional. They are offered by the Carlson School of Management, and are recommended to those students in our program who wish to enhance their knowledge of business applications.

These courses may be taken at any time.

WARNING: Courses listed on this website may have prerequisites; see the syllabi to check on those. If you have any question about whether you are ready to take a certain course, please speak to the course instructor and/or your advisor.

WARNING: These classes fill up quickly and degree-seeking MBA students get preference. Use the petition process described at Q108 of our FAQ list, more than one week before the start of classes. You should check the class schedule to make sure the course you want has open seats, see Q112 of our FAQ list.

FINA 6321 Portfolio Analysis and Management 2 credits Syllabus: Introduces analytical concepts used to manage security portfolios from perspective of an institutional investor. Market microstructure. Margin purchasing, short selling. Portfolio risk management, risk/return tradeoffs, strategic/tactical asset allocation, active versus passive management. Portfolio revision, performance evaluation.
MBA 6230 Financial Management 3 credits Syllabus: Tools/concepts of financial management. Emphasizes use by financial/non-financial managers to measure creation of value within an organization. Evaluating businesses/business opportunities, identifying financial requirements/sources.
MBA 6030 Financial Accounting 3 credits Syllabus: Basic principles of financial accounting, involving the consecution/interpretation of corporate financial statements.

Financial Mathematics
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127 Vincent Hall
206 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

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