Finance, Certificate

The certificate in finance allows you to gain specialized knowledge necessary to be successful in finance. You’ll develop your critical thinking and analytical skills as you learn how to assess the value and implications of financial decisions.

You’ll receive solid grounding in financial principles, accounting analysis and economic analysis. You will be exposed to complex financial issues and increase your analytical competence. 

With a certificate in finance, you can consider careers in financial analysis, capital budgeting, security analysis, corporate financial management and small business finance.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Quantify the relation between risk and return and apply it in value-maximizing financial activities of individuals and corporations (in global, ethical context).
• Choose and be proficient in applying financial tools and analytical methods to improve financial decision-making.
• Effectively communicate and justify, in both written and oral form, results and recommendations of financial analysis to audiences having varying degrees of financial sophistication.

Applicants must have

• A minimum of an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
• A minimum of two years of full time work experience
• Competency in statistics
• (Optional) Official scores from the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Records Examination (GRE)