1. Non-thesis option
	
A minimum of 30 hours beyond the common body of knowledge.
	
		
			Degree Requirements
		
			Prerequisite — 3 hours
		
			
				| BUS 500 | Statistical and Quantitative Analysis | 3  | 
			
		
			Required Courses — 15 hours
		
			
				| BUS 530 | Corporate Finance | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 532 | Security and Portfolio Analysis | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 533 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 534 | Derivatives and Risk Management | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 563 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3  | 
			
		
			BUS 530; if waived based on completion of three finance courses, students may substitute any finance elective.
BUS 534; if waived based on successfully completing the University of Portland's undergraduate Derivatives and Risk Management class, students may substitute any finance elective.
M.S.F. students will complete a “Trading-Room Project” in each required course.
		 
			Electives — 15 hours
		
			
				| BUS 531 | International Finance | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 536 | Personal Financial Planning | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 537 | Applied Financial and Economic Forecasting | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 538 | Corporate Financial Strategy: M&A and Restructure | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 539 | Research Methods in Finance | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 545 | Project Management | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 553 | Health Care Finance | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 561 | New Venture Funding | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 562 | Real Estate Finance | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 568 | Income Tax Planning | 3  | 
			
				| BUS 590 | Directed Study | Variable  | 
			
				| BUS 564 | Macro Economics in the Global Economy | 3  | 
			
		
			The maximum number of hours allowed for a directed study is three.