Finance

The current tumultuous global financial crisis may be the first you have ever experienced in your lifetime, yet less severe financial crises happen every ten or twenty years. Understanding financial modeling, mergers and acquisitions and real options, corporate governance, business ethics and business strategy from a historical and current perspective can be an invaluable asset toward career advancement.

A Master of Science (M.S.) in Finance from Webster is designed to provide a quantitative and comprehensive examination of the finance field. Students advance through the topics of corporate finance, investments, and market instruments and institutions. Additionally, students experience a significant exposure to supporting coursework in the closely related fields of accounting and economics. A capstone course ties together the major finance topics and exposes students to literature, and the analysis thereof, pertinent to the field. After a comprehensive examination of the field, students may choose their electives to satisfy their specific career goals.

The Master of Science (MS) in Finance requires successful completion of 37 US credit hours, including 31 US credit hours of core courses and 6 US credit hours of electives from the field.

• Graduates can determine the value of financial assets.
• Graduates can analyze the financial decisions of a corporation.
• Graduates can measure risk and formulate strategies to reduce it.