Assurance of Learning: M.S. in Business-Finance
Mission Statement: The mission of the Master of Science in Business-Finance program at the Merrick School is to enable our students to become adaptive experts capable of applying advanced financial concepts and analytical techniques to decisions in their chosen fields of finance.
Upon completing this comprehensive program, graduates of the M.S. Business-Finance will be able to:
Program Learning Goals
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Competency 1: Managing Performance and Risk
Learning Objective 1.1: Students will use accounting-based and operational information to assess and forecast firm and portfolio performance.
Learning Objective 1.2: Students will be able to evaluate the ESG practices of a company and assess how these practices impact its performance and valuation.
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Competency 2: Research Skills
Learning Objective 2.1: Students are able to use financial concepts, tools, and models to estimate a firm’s cost of capital and value.
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Competency 3: Leveraging Technology and Business Intelligence
Learning Objective 3.1: Students will evaluate and apply selected analytics techniques to assess an entity’s financial performance and valuation.
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Competency 4: Manage Foreign Exchange Risk and Interest Rate Risk
Learning Objective 4.1: Students are able to identify and measure the source of exchange rate risk and interest rate risk and use derivative securities to manage and hedge those risks.