The Financial Economics Graduate Certificate program delivers courses to students and working professionals looking to add economic and statistical concepts to their portfolio. The program teaches students the analytic and quantitative methods necessary to evaluate and forecast key economic outcomes. Courses engage students in the fields of decision theory, financial markets and quantitative analysis.
The curriculum includes a selection of both quantitative and qualitative courses such as Intro in Math for Economists, Financial Econometrics, Financial Valuation and Decision Making, and Behavioral Economics.
Applications are accepted for the Spring and Fall semesters only.
The Financial Economics Graduate Certificate program requires the completion of the outlined curriculum of 11 credit hours with at least a 2.70 GPA to receive the Financial Economics Graduate Certificate.
| Required Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| ECON 50000 | Mathematics for Economists | 2 crs. |
| ECON 51100 | Intermediate Economics I | 2 crs. |
| Elective Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| List 1: Students should select at least 2 credits | ||
| ECON 53800 | International Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 57300 | Financial Econometrics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 58400 | Experimental Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 58500 | Behavioral Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59000 | Investments | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59000 | Economic Forecasting | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59100 | Financial Evaluation and Decision Making | 2 crs. |
| ECON 61000 | Financial Management | 2 crs. |
| List 2: Students should select at least 4 credits | ||
| ECON 50100 | Statistics for Economists | 1 crs. |
| ECON 51000 | Game Theory | 2 crs. |
| ECON 51200 | Intermediate Economics II | 3 crs. |
| ECON 52000 | Industrial Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 53600 | Public Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 53700 | Health Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 53900 | Wage Discrimination | 1 crs. |
| ECON 55000 | Personnel Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 56200 | Econometrics I | 3 crs. |
| ECON 56500 | Law and Economics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59000 | Current Topics in Macroeconomics | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59000 | Federal Budgets and Public Policy | 2 crs. |
| ECON 59000 | Managerial Economics | 1 crs. |
| MGMT 59000 | Using R for Analytics | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 59000 | Web Data Analytics | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 59000 | Big Data ANalytics in the Cloud | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 59000 | Collaborative Innovation | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 59000 | Frontiers in AI | 1 crs. |
| MGMT 60000 | Accounting for Managers | 3 crs. |
| MGMT 62000 | Marketing Management | 3 crs. |
| MGMT 65430 | Negotiations in Organizations | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 66000 | Intro to Operations Management | 3 crs. |
| MGMT 66400 | Supply Chain Management | 2 crs. |
| MGMT 67000 | Business Analytics | 3 crs. |
| MGMT 68300 | Technology-Driven Business | 2 crs. |
The Financial Economics Graduate Certificate can be completed in 4 semesters.
*Estimated plans of study listed below are not guaranteed. Completion time and course offerings are subject to change.
| Fall Start: 4 Semesters | ||
|---|---|---|
| FALL MODS 1&2 | ECON 50000 | Mathematics for Economists |
| SPRING MODS 1&2 | ECON 51100 | Intermediate Economics I |
| SUMMER MOD 1 | ECON 53800 | International Economics |
| SUMMER MOD 2 | ECON 59000 | Collaborative Innovation |
| FALL MOD 1 | ECON 53600 | Public Economics |
| FALL MOD 2 | GAP | |
| Spring Start: 4 Semesters | ||
|---|---|---|
| SUMMER MODS 1&2 | ECON 50000 | Mathematics for Economists |
| SUMMER MOD 1 | ECON 59000 | Federal Budgets and Public Policy |
| SUMMER MOD 2 | ECON 59000 | Collaborative Innovation |
| FALL MOD 1&2 | ECON 51100 | Intermediate Economics I |
| SPRING MOD 1 | ECON 58500 | Behavioral Economics |
| SPRING MOD 2 | GAP | |
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