Ph.D. Program In Finance

Suggested Sequence of Classes

The following is a suggested sequence of classes.

Second summer semester – Year 1

FIN 6331 (Foundations of Finance) – 3 hours

Total: 3 hours, Cumulative: 3 hours

Fall semester – Year 1

ECO 5311 (Microeconomic Analysis) – 3 hours

ECO 5313 (Mathematical Economics I) – 3 hours

FIN 6332 (Seminar in Corporate Finance) – 3 hours

FIN 6122 (Research in Finance) – 1 hour

ISQS 5347 (Advanced Statistical Methods) – 3 hours

Total: 13 hours, Cumulative: 16 hours

Spring semester – Year 1

ECO 5312 (Macroeconomic Theory and Policy) - 3 hours

ECO 5314 (Econometrics I) – 3 hours

FIN 6333 (Seminar in Investments) – 3 hours

FIN 6122 (Research in Finance) – 1 hour

ISQS 5349 (Regression Analysis) – 3 hours

Total: 13 hours, Cumulative: 29 hours

First summer semester – Year 1

BA 7000 (Research Practicum in Finance) – 3 hours

Total: 3 hours, Cumulative: 32 hours

Fall semester – Year 2

ECO elective – 3 hours

FIN 6335 (Seminar in Financial Market) – 3 hours

FIN 5328 (Options and Futures), or other finance course – 3 hours

FIN 6122 (Research in Finance) – 1 hour

ISQS 6348 (Applied Multivariate Analysis) – 3 hours

Total: 13 hours, Cumulative: 45 hours

Spring semester – Year 2

ECO elective – 3 hours

FIN 6336 (Seminar in Special Topics in Finance) – 3 hours

FIN 6122 (Research in Finance) – 1 hour

ISQS 5348 (Applied Distribution Free Statistics) – 3 hours

ISQS 6347 (Data and Text Mining) - 3 hours

Total: 13 hours, Cumulative: 58 hours

Summer semester – Year 2

BA 7000 – 3 hours

Finance comprehensive exam (June)

Minor field exam in Statistics or Economics

Total: 3 hours, Cumulative: 61 hours