Develop Advanced Skills in Financial Analysis and Valuation

Prepare for a career in financial management, capital markets, banking, corporate treasury, or investment management with Duquesne University's Master of Science in Finance (MSF). This hands-on program will help you develop advanced skills in financial analysis and valuation for decision making in all aspects of business investment, financing, and operating activities.

The MSF is 36-credit program with up to 6 credits of accounting and finance prerequisites potentially waivable. After completing or waiving prerequisites, the MSF comprises a 15-credit core curriculum plus 15 elective credits, all of which can be completed in six semesters or less. 

Flexible Program

Earn your MSF where and when you choose. The program can be completed with a mix of hybrid and online classes or fully online. Note: fully online students will have to Zoom-in occasionally.  

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Program Information

This hands-on program will help you develop advanced skills in financial analysis and valuation for decision making in all aspects of business investment, financing, and operating activities.

Program Type

Major

Degree

Master's

School

Palumbo-Donahue School of Business

Academic Department

Economics and Finance

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Curriculum

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The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) is 36-credit program with up to 6 credits of accounting and finance prerequisites potentially waivable. After completing or waiving prerequisites, the MSF comprises a 15-credit core curriculum plus 15 elective credits, all of which can be completed in six semesters or less.
  • ACCT 515—Accounting for Decision-Makers (3 credits)*
  • STAT 501—Statistics Fundamentals (1.5 credits)*
  • FINC 501—Finance Fundamentals (1.5 credits)*
  • ACCT 615—Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)**
  • FINC 530—Financial Management (3 credits)**
  • FINC 613—Corporate Finance (3 credits)**
  • FINC 617—Financial Markets and Institutions (3 credits)**
  • FINC 650—Capstone Project in Finance (3 credits)
Students need 15 credits of electives. 

(3 credits/ea.)
  • Fixed Income Investments
  • Equity Investments
  • Derivatives
  • Commercial Banking
  • Multinational Corporate Finance
  • Analytics and Information Management
  • Information Systems Ecosystems
  • Predictive Analytics with Machine Learning

Course Waivers

*Up to 6 credits may be waived based on previous accounting, finance, and statistics coursework. To be eligible for a course waiver, a grade of B- or higher is required and the course must have been taken in the past 5 years. Pass/fail courses will not be eligible for a course waiver.

**Course is included in the Finance Certificate Program