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MS FINANCE PROGRAM
Philosophy
& Objectives
This Program's theoretical orientation is blended with a
significant amount of attention for pragmatic application. Each course
is structured around a theoretical framework and gives greater emphasis
on current research and literature.
The Master of Science in Finance degree Program aims to prepare the student
for a career in financial management, specifically to undertake the various
financial management functions in managing financial institutions, as
well as the functions of the financial manager or the treasurer in non-financial
institutions. The Program also intends to prepare the student for responsibilities
in regulatory and policy-making functions affecting financial markets
and institutions.
To prepare the student for a finance career, he/she shall pursue studies
that shall provide a solid foundation in finance and a mastery of the
relevant literature, theory and application. The Program provides the
student with a strong foundation on theory, principles, and concepts of
finance. In addition, the student is introduced to analytical tools and
perspectives that shall provide a firm basis for financial decision-making.
The Program has rigorous course requirements and demands high levels of
energy and commitment from the student. The student shall work in depth
in each course through proper balancing of finance theory and research
literature (on one hand) with the practical aspects of financial management
(on the other). Empirical research work shall be combined with the case-study
approach.
Although anchored on concepts, theories, tools and techniques, the Program
has a decision-making orientation because it is dedicated to the development
of the managerial manpower for the finance sector.
The target students are those performing (or who shall perform) key managerial
functions in firms in the financial services sector, or their counterparts
in the non-financial sectors (particularly those performing finance and
treasury functions) and in government.
The required skills and knowledge for finance practitioners appear to
be the following:
1. Finance management of banks and other financial institutions.
2. Corporate financial management.
3. Familiarization on:
a. the financial services sector;
b. traditional financial markets (money and capital market) and non-traditional
markets (warrants, options and futures);
c. regulatory, fiscal and monetary policies as they affect the sector;
d. key securities/documents that are the subject of transactions in the
sector.
4. International finance (the system's linkage with external financial
systems).
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