Sample MBA/Master of Finance Curriculum | Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University

Sample MBA/Master of Finance Curriculum

Once admitted into the dual degree program, students spend their first year taking courses in the full-time MBA program. The student takes 9 credit hours of approved Finance electives in the Fall and Spring semesters of second year, which can be credited towards both degrees. Thus, upon completion of the MBA credit-hours requirement, the student may need only 21 more credit-hours of Master of Finance (MSFI) courses to get a Master of Finance degree. If desired, this can be done in just one more semester, enabling motivated students to complete both degrees in just 5 semesters (a sample curriculum plan is shown below).

Sample Curriculum

  • Year One

    • Fall Semester (15 credit hours)

    • Spring Semester (15 credit hours)

      • MBAC 507 – Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 credit hours)
      • ACCT 402 – Managerial Accounting for MBA (1.5 credit hours)
      • MBAC 505 – Corporate Finance II (1..5 credit hours)
      • MBAC 512 – Economics (3 credit hours)
      • MBAC 518 – Business Analytics (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)

  • Year Two

    • Fall Semester (18 credit hours)

      • MSFI 404 – Financial Modeling (3 credit hours)
      • MSFI 421 – Corporate Financial Analysis (3 credit hours)
      • MSFI 430 – Derivatives and Risk Management (3 credit hours)
      • MSFI 435 – Empirical Finance (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective – must be a BAFI course (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)

    • Spring Semester (18 credit hours)

      • MSFI 429 – Investment Management (3 credit hours)
      • MBAC 508 – Corporate Strategy (3 credit hours)
      • MSFI Elective (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective – must be a BAFI course (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)

  • Year Three

    • Fall Semester (15 credit hours)

      • MSFI Elective (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective – must be a BAFI course (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)
      • WSOM MBA Elective (3 credit hours)
Credit Hours per Program
MBA Hours 60
Master of Finance Hours 21
Total Program Hours 81