Master of Business Administration (MBA): Concentration in Finance

The role of the financial professional is vital. Organizations are increasingly confronting the need to invest in development and growth while balancing organizational income and disbursements.

Specially designed for today’s financial professional, the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance is taught by instructors, many with experience in the financial field, the program combines graduate business administration skills with an emphasis on finance.

Our project-based Professional Learning Model™ can challenge you to understand how to analyze financial information to make decisions to enhance business success. The CTU PLM™ is designed to place you in the active role of collaborative problem-solver as you can study ethical issues in finance and financial management for multinational enterprises.

CTU's MBA with a concentration in Finance emphasizes management decision-making utilizing accounting and finance concepts. In this program, students can learn how to:

• Make financial decisions that build the value of the organization.
• Employ sound financial reasoning in business planning, operation and assessment.
• Effectively research, analyze and interpret financial information to influence managerial decision-making.
• Develop change-agent skills that reflect critical and creative thinking.

Concentration courses in this program can emphasize analysis of financial statements, the study of investments, and financial management for multinational enterprises.

• In Financial Statement Analysis, students can analyze financial statements and examine methods used to value companies.
• In Corporate Portfolio Management, this course can focus on the study of investment alternatives, the workings of investment markets, and the management of investment portfolios as they relate to corporations.
• In Financial Management for Multinational Enterprises, the course can examine the development of policy, financing options for international business, and the making of standard financial management decisions.
• The Finance Capstone can use the functional skills students have developed in previous core and concentration courses to complete an in-depth project. The course may require the student to perform comprehensive research, analysis, and study on either a desired area of interest or a major business problem or issue that impacts the student’s own company or organization. The student can utilize research methodologies to prepare a formal research report.

Core courses in this program focuses on skills in management, resource allocation, risk assessment, financing and more, all while following current legal, ethical and policy provisions. Courses include:

• Applied Managerial Accounting
• Applied Managerial Economics
• Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments
• Applied Managerial Finance
• Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making
• Applied Managerial Decision-Making
• Graduate Research Methods
• Applied Managerial Marketing

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