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Finance

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MBA Required Curriculum

(FIRST YEAR)

Finance I

This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.

Topics covered include:

  • Basic analytical skills and principles of corporate finance.
  • Functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions.
  • Standard techniques of analysis, including capital budgeting, discounted cash flow valuation, and risk analysis.

Finance II

This course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:

  • How to evaluate complex investments.
  • How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.
  • How to integrate the many financial decisions faced by firms.

The Finance II course is divided into four blocks of material:

  • Advanced valuation—valuation of levered firms and projects.
  • Advanced valuations—options as a metaphor for flexibility.
  • Financial choices of firms—financing, distributing funds to shareholders, managing risk.
  • Integrated financial decisions, especially in the face of conflicts of interest and different legal/regulatory rules.

MBA Elective Curriculum

(SECOND YEAR)
Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits
Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management and Marketing) Michael Chu Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation Benjamin Esty Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Corporate Finance: Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) C. Fritz Foley Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Kristin Williams Mugford Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Shai Bernstein, Jim Matheson Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Paul Gompers Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Application Only (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems John Dionne Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Projects in Investing Application Only Sara Fleiss Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Enterprises Jason Pananos Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Finance and Capitalism Joshua Coval, Richard Ruback Spring
2021
Q3 1.5
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Investing - Risk, Return, and Impact (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Investment Management for Professional and Personal Investors Emil Siriwardane, Luis Viceira Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies Robin Greenwood Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Private Equity Finance Victoria Ivashina Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate and Today's Leader Arthur Segel, Charles Wu Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Estate Private Equity Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property Marco Di Maggio, Boris Vallee Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Paul Gompers Fall
2020
Q1 1.5
Research Seminar on Private Equity and Venture Capital - Paper Paul Gompers Fall
2020
Q1Q2 3.0
Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure John Macomber Spring
2021
Q3Q4 3.0

Doctoral Programs

Faculty from the Finance unit work with students in the Business Economics doctoral program. Detailed curriculum information for this program can be found on the doctoral programs website:
PhD in Business Economics

Executive Education

Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
13–29 APR 2021
Investment Management Workshop
20–24 JUN 2021
Driving Corporate Performance
11–16 JUL 2021
Real Estate Management Program
03–08 OCT 2021
Leveraging Fintech Innovation to Grow and Compete
10–13 OCT 2021
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