Corporate Financial Management Graduate Certificate
The Corporate Financial Management Graduate Certificate prepares students for financial-decision-making roles within both large and small enterprises. Topics covered include capital budgeting, raising capital, dividend policy, and foreign currency translation.
Goal 1: Develop stakeholder value and functional understanding.
Outcome 1.1: Students will demonstrate understanding of financial concepts: the risk-return trade-off, the time value of money, cash flows vs. profits, efficient capital markets, and risk & diversification.
Goal 2: Develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Outcome 2.1: Students will analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and data as the basis for solving problems and making decisions.
Goal 3: Develop interpersonal and communication skills.
Outcome 3.1: Students will demonstrate the ability to correspond effectively and persuasively in a business format, communicate effectively with individuals and within teams, and present to both individuals and groups clearly and convincingly.
Goal 4: Students will develop an understanding of--and the ability to apply--the following Ignatian values: a commitment to rigorous education and lifelong learning; an insistence upon ethical decision making; a desire for social justice; and a care and concern for others.
Goal 5: Students will learn how to: measure risk and estimate expected returns; analyze and value fixed income, equity, and derivative securities; use derivative securities in risk management applications; and construct portfolios suitable for various investor characteristics and objectives.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FIN 550 | Shareholder Value Management (Must be completed before the upper-level courses) 1 | 3 |
| FIN 600 | Fin Institutions & Capital Mkt | 3 |
| FIN 608 | Advanced Financial Management 2 | 3 |
| FIN 609 | International Finance | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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Students in an SJU 4+1 program who were waived out of FIN 550 based upon earning a grade of B or higher in FIN 300 must replace FIN 550 in this certificate with either FIN 575 or FIN 612.
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FIN 600 or FIN 609 can be replaced in this certificate with FIN 575 or FIN 612 with the approval of the Finance Department Chair. In contrast, FIN 608 must be completed by all students earning this certificate. FIN 575 and FIN 612 cannot be double counted within this certificate.