Finance Degree | Jones International University

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Overview

Bottom-line advancement. Excelling in the complex field of corporate finance requires highly specialized knowledge in financial planning and control, financial analyses, foreign exchange risk management, capital budgeting and fund positioning. This degree program will develop your strategic management skills and fully prepare you for success in both the national and international financial arenas. Enhancing our exceptional MBA core curriculum, this specialization also covers investment management, portfolio construction, banking and financial decision-making.

For those interested in professional certification, students who graduate from JIU with an MBA in Finance are eligible under the education requirement of the American Academy of Financial Management™ (AAFM™) for the MFP™ Master Financial Professional Credential. Click here to learn more.

Curriculum Overview

Orientation (Credits: None)
JIU501: Orientation – Successful Online Learning for Masters Students

Elective Courses (Credits: 3)
BC500: Business Research Methods
BC532: Directing Corporate Communication
BC541: Managing High-performance Teams
BC563: Enterprise Innovation and Technology
BC605: Leading the Customer-Driven Organization
BC606: Managing the Customer Experience
BC611: Leading with Integrity
BC612: Influence Strategies for Organizational Change
BC628: Designing High-impact Presentations
MBA521: Transnational Marketing
MBA522: Cross-Cultural Management
MBA523: Emerging Technologies and Global Enterprise
MBA531: Telemedicine and Emerging Technologies
MBA532: Managing the Health Care Professional
MBA533: Marketing Health Services
MBA541: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
MBA542: Feasibility Analysis for New Ventures
MBA543: Business and Marketing Plans for New Ventures
MBA544: Growth, Sustainability and Change in New Ventures
MBA550: Foundations of Information Systems
MBA555: Strategic Information Systems Management
MBA556: Current Topics in Information Systems Management
MBA557: Business Intelligence
MBA561: Conflict Management
MBA562: Judgment and Decision Making
MBA563: Negotiation
MBA571: The Project Management Framework
MBA572: Planning Projects to Manage Outcomes
MBA573: Project Controls and Tracking Project Progress
MBA574: Strategic Thinking and Project Management
MBA600: Strategic Management
MBA620: Auditing I
MBA621: Auditing II
MBA622: Advanced Accounting
MBA623: Advanced Taxation
MBA624: Forensic Accounting

6 Business Administration Courses (Credits: 18)
BC607: Leading from a Global Perspective
ETH501: Making Ethical Management Decisions
MBA502: Economic Theory and Applications
MBA503: Managerial Accounting
MBA504: Financial Management
MBA505: Marketing Management

4 Specialization Courses (Credits: 12)
MBA591: Corporate Finance
MBA592: Financial Management Multinational Corporations
MBA593: Investment and Portfolio Management
MBA594: Advanced Corporate Finance

Capstone (Credits: 3)
MBA580: MBA Capstone

Outcomes

Specialization Learning Outcomes

Solve issues resulting from analyses of corporate finances, as well as their control mechanisms, and planning policies/processes.
Analyze the abilities of corporations to manage foreign exchange risk, cash and capital budgeting issues in a global environment.
Use the investment and portfolio management tools employed by professional money managers.
Analyze the opportunities, difficulties and problems associated with the most current finance theories and issues confronting global corporations.

Program Learning Outcomes

Evaluate ongoing and developing issues and trends related to leading and managing organizations in global business environments.
Compare and contrast microeconomic strategies (cost, production structure, etc.) appropriate for companies operating in a variety of markets, including global and e-commerce markets.
Examine different ethical reasoning concepts, theories, and issues as they apply to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Evaluate the managerial accounting concepts that are germane to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Evaluate marketing issues, concepts, and trends that are crucial to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Examine financial reporting and accounting information in managerial decision-making.
Prioritize and create personal strategies for dealing with potential ethical dilemmas.
Examine and appreciate the ethical perspectives of others.
Appraise leadership/management concepts for effective management of organizations that operate across international borders.
Apply rules, conventions, and practices for measuring and reporting economic events in financial terms.
Assess budgeting, cash management, credit administration, investment analysis, borrowing funds and financial forecasting tools for effective business decision making.
Evaluate marketing challenges and opportunities to make sound marketing strategy decisions.

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