Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance
Overview
Earn Your MBA and Prepare for a Future in Finance
Grand Canyon University's Colangelo College of Business' Master of Business Administration (MBA) with an Emphasis in Finance prepares professionals for careers in leadership and management. Support your knowledge of investments and financial strategies with advanced coursework in management, organizational decision-making, planning and resource sourcing. The courses discuss practices to ensure corporate solvency, profitability and efficiency.
Our finance degree program encourages you to become an informed critical thinker through the research and the application of quantitative methods that transform raw data into useful information. Explore stocks, bonds and derivatives and their application to portfolio management. Advanced business strategies like mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and cooperative agreements are also examined.
Degree Outcomes
Study Finance and Business Operations
Learn the elements of financial business decisions, including financial forecasting, management of working capital, capital budgeting, capital structure and raising funds in capital markets. Explore stocks, bonds and derivatives and their application to portfolio management. Examine advanced business strategies such as mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and cooperative agreements.
What You Will Learn
Accelerate your Learning with the MBA Finance Curriculum
The MBA in finance accelerates your learning through multiple course topics and objectives, including:
- Managerial concepts and strategies relating to the management of operations in both manufacturing and service environments
- Microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts relevant to contemporary business
- Quantitative tools and techniques used to model business functions and applications
- Financial analysis and financial management of a business
- Current services marketing concepts, principles and theories
- Definition, formulation and execution of strategy within organizations
Career Outcomes
Potential Careers with an MBA in Finance
The MBA in finance offers you advanced skills and prepares you to act as a financial manager, executive, planner, consultant, director, manager and other business leader. Typical workplaces include banks, financial institutions, investment corporations, large corporations, large non-profit entities, service organizations, start-up businesses, engineering and IT firms, design organizations and government agencies.
Course List
Program Core Courses
Course Description
This course is designed to prepare students for the graduate learning experience at Grand Canyon University. Students have opportunities to develop and strengthen the skills necessary to succeed as graduate students in the College of Business. Emphasis is placed on utilizing the tools for graduate success.
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the College of Business, key concepts of leadership, and an overview of how the science of organizational behavior contributes to effective leaders and managers.
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This course is designed for individuals who are preparing for more advanced coursework in accounting and for students who have not had accounting in undergraduate work. Topics covered include the principles and practices of financial accounting and the fundamentals of managerial accounting, such as cost behavior and budgeting. The course covers accounting theories using computational examples, and homework is problem solving.
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This course is designed for individuals who are preparing for more advanced coursework in accounting and is designed for students who have not had finance in undergraduate work. Topics covered include financial analysis, financial planning, asset evaluation, capital structure, and working capital management.
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The purpose of this course is to prepare students in mathematical, probability, and statistical concepts for their upcoming studies in quantitative methods. The course is intended for those students who have not had any prior statistical education, although students who have had statistics should also consider taking the course as a refresher.
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This courses introduces microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts that are relevant to contemporary business. Emphasis is placed on using economic data for business decision making.
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This course is a study in the quantitative tools and techniques used to model business functions and applications. Emphasis is placed on how to set up models, and how to interpret and apply their results. Prerequisite: SYM-506.
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Management of the marketing function, market environmental analysis, and marketing planning, strategy, and control are fundamentals of marketing management. The course examines the marketing process, marketing research, product development innovation and diffusion, pricing strategy, distribution value drain, advertising and promotion, and strategic marketing issues. Emphasis is placed on case study analysis and current academic research with a marketing plan as a significant curriculum component.
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This course covers managerial accounting concepts and procedures for internal reporting, including the study of cost behavior, cost systems, budgeting, and performance evaluation. Coursework includes case studies, group projects, and class discussion. Prerequisite: ACC-502.
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Operations Management examines managerial concepts and strategies relating to the management of operations in both manufacturing and service environments. Emphasis is placed on methods to streamline and drive inefficiencies out of a firm’s internal processes to build a highly efficient organization. The course also focuses on external processes by examining ways to achieve greater supply chain integration with suppliers and customers. Quantitative and qualitative methods and tools are introduced and applied. Prerequisite: SYM-506.
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This course discusses elements of business financial decisions, including financial forecasting and development of proformas, management of working capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, and raising funds in capital markets. Prerequisite: FIN-504.
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This course examines the definition, formulation, and execution of strategy within organizations. There is specific emphasis on the role of innovation and leadership in strategic management and an organization’s ability to achieve and sustain competitive advantage. Prerequisites: MGT-605, MKT-607, ACC-650, and FIN-650.
Course Description
This course is a study of stocks, bonds, and derivatives, and their application in portfolio management. This course discusses securities market and trading procedures, and develops and emphasizes portfolio theory. Material in the course is applicable to both professional portfolio management and individual investment decisions. Prerequisite: FIN-650.
Course Description
A course studying more advanced business strategies including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, carve-outs, partnerships, cooperative agreements, and their business applications for strategic growth or survival. It will also cover business value issues, the role of investment bankers, M&A specialists, and the issues to consider in cross-border transactions. Prerequisite: FIN-650.
Faculty Bios
Program Locations
Online
Evening
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Online and Evening program disclosures* Please refer to the Academic Catalog for more information. Program subject to change.