MBA in Finance
Available to 12- and 20-Month MBA Students
The faculty at the Graziadio School are committed to delivering cutting-edge courses to prepare students for careers in finance. These courses prepare students for careers in portfolio management, corporate finance, investment banking, financial institutions management, and financial risk management.
Twelve units are to be selected from the course list below to satisfy the Finance concentration. No more than four units of accounting (marked by an asterisk) will count toward the Finance concentration. The required accounting elective must first be satisfied before accounting courses will count toward the Finance concentration.
| Course No. | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| DESC 621 | Valuation of Real Options | 2 |
| ENTR 663 | Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures | 2 |
| FINC 620 | Strategic Issues in Finance | 2 |
| FINC 627 | International Finance | 2 |
| FINC 628 | Foreign Exchange and Markets | 2 |
| FINC 630 | Private Capital Markets | 2 |
| FINC 631 | Tax Implications of Financial Decisions | 2 |
| FINC 633 | Working Capital Management | 2 |
| FINC 634 | The Management of Financial Risk | 2 |
| FINC 635 | Real Estate Investing and Finance | 2 |
| FINC 637 | Education Investment Fund | 2 |
| FINC 638 | Financial Modeling | 2 |
| FINC 639 | Debt Securities | 2 |
| FINC 664 | Business Analysis Using Financial Statements | 2 |
| FINC 667 | Global Capital Markets and Institutions | 4 |
| FINC 668 | Valuation and Corporate Combinations | 4 |
| FINC 669 | Investments and Portfolio Management | 4 |
Malibu Campus
The Graziadio School full-time programs are offered at the Pepperdine University Malibu campus – consistently ranked among the most beautiful campuses in the nation by The Princeton Review.