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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
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) C. Fritz Foley Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Stuart C. Gilson Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Sabrina Howell Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Raymond Kluender Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and General Management) John Dionne Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar Sara Fleiss Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms Jason Pananos Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Financial Management of Smaller Firms (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Global Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Paul Gompers Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital Paul Gompers, Richard Ruback January
2026
J 3.0
Investment Management and Capital Markets Luis Viceira, Emil Siriwardane Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Investment Strategies William Vrattos Spring
2026
Q4 1.5
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Market Perspectives Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Private Equity Finance Ted Berk Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Real Estate Investing Dwight Angelini, W. Matt Kelly Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Real Estate Private Equity (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring
2026
Q3Q4 3.0
Real Property John Macomber Fall
2025
Q1Q2 3.0
Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) (also listed under Strategy) Scott Mayfield Spring
2026
Q3 1.5
Sustainable Investing Vikram Gandhi, Shawn Cole Spring
2026
Q4 1.5

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

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