Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance Concentration

MBA - Finance Concentration

The College of Business and Technology offers graduate work leading to the Master of Business Administration (MBA). MBA courses are offered by the Departments of Management and Marketing; Accounting and Finance; Economics and Decision Sciences; and the School of Computer Sciences. The WIU MBA is open to business graduates and those in liberal arts, engineering, mathematics, science, and other fields. Individual degree program requirement are based on previously completed coursework and may range between 33 and 54 semester hours.

In addition to three of the eighteen hours of MBA core course requirements being FIN 565 (Financial Management: Theory and Practice), students interested in finance as their area of concentration must select nine hours from the following graduate-level courses:

  • FIN 496G Futures Options and Options Markets
  • FIN 535 Real Estate Investment and Valuation
  • FIN 555 Investment Management
  • FIN 575 Advanced Portfolio Management
  • FIN 585 International Financial Management
  • FIN 595 Financial Derivatives
  • FIN 600 Independent Research
  • FIN 620 Finance Internship
Admission

Please view the Master of Business Administration (MBA) web page for degree requirements, admission detail, and more.

Integrated Baccalaureate and Master's Degree Program Bachelor in Finance/MBA

The Bachelor of Business in Finance/Master of Business Administration (MBA) integrated degree program provides an opportunity for outstanding undergraduate Finance majors to complete two degrees in just five years. The integrated degree allows a student to begin taking up to 6 semester house of MBA courses during the senior year and to count these courses toward both undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. Download the Brochure (pdf).