Finance (MS)*

This program is offered by the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology. It is only available online.

Program Description

Learning Outcomes

• Students can determine the value of financial assets.
• Students can analyze the financial decisions of a corporation.
• Students can evaluate credit and interest rate risk.

Program Curriculum

The master of science in finance requires successful completion of 30 credit hours including 24 required credit hours and 6 credit hours of electives. The following courses are required for the master of science in finance:

Dual Degree Option: MBA/MS in Finance

45 Credit Hours

Requirements for a dual degree with the MBA program generally include the required MBA courses (33 hours) and the required coursework in the additional degree program, except where noted below. If BUSN 5000 has been waived, the required hours are reduced by 3 credits and the BUSN 5000 course does not require a substitution.

Upon completion of all required credit hours, two separate diplomas are issued at the same time. The two degrees cannot be awarded separately or sequentially under this arrangement.

• MBA 5010 Value Creation (3 hours)
• MBA 5020 Quantitative Methods for MBA (3 hours)
• MBA 5030 Market Analysis and Business Planning (3 hours)
• MBA 5100 Adding Value through Human Capital (3 hours)
• MBA 5200 The Financial Value of Capital Projects (3 hours)
• MBA 5300 Providing Value to Customers (3 hours)
• MBA 5400 The Supply Chain and Business Processes (3 hours)
• MBA 5500 Information Support for Decision Making (3 hours)
• MBA 5910 Cases in Value Creation (3 hours)
• FINC 5000 Finance*^ (3 hours)
• FINC 5100 Financial Modeling (3 hours)
• FINC 5210 Investments (3 hours)
• FINC 5830 Institutions and Financial Markets (3 hours)
• FINC 5890 Financial Statement Analysis (3 hours) 
• FINC 6290 Mergers and Acquisitions (3 hours)

Students lacking a prior ACBSP (or equivalent) accredited degree must take BUSN 5000 Business (3 hours) as a program prerequisite

Admission

See the Admission section of this catalog for general admission requirements. Students interested in applying must submit their application online at www.webster.edu/apply. Transcripts should be sent from your institution electronically to transcripts@webster.edu. If this service is not available, send transcripts to:

Office of Admission
Webster University
470 E. Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119 

Additional Requirements

Applicants to the MS in Finance must have completed a bachelor's degree or higher in a business discipline in a program accredited by ACBSP, AACSB, IACBE, EQUIS or AMBA. An applicant without such a degree wishing to enroll in this program will be required to first complete BUSN 5000 with a grade of B- or better.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are admitted to their graduate program upon completion of all admission requirements. Students are advanced to candidacy status after successfully completing 12 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. In specialized programs, courses required as prerequisites to the program do not count toward the 12 credit hours required for advancement.