If you’re on track to be a financial analyst, budget analyst, financial manager, corporate treasurer/controller, or management consultant, Ball State’s graduate certificate in finance can give you the analytic and theoretical tools needed once you get there. Plus, you’ll have 12 credits toward our MBA with a concentration in finance.
Finance professionals are needed to provide critical input to businesses, governments, not-for-profit entities, and financial institutions. Your track may lead you into a field such as commercial banking, corporate finance, insurance, private equity, real estate, or financial planning.
A Credential that Keeps You Current
Although financial managers typically have a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or business administration, the graduate certificate is an added credential that keeps you current professionally and marketable when job opportunities arise.
While you may bring a bachelor’s in business to the MBA certificate, the finance certificate actually requires little or no knowledge of finance and welcomes students from outside the discipline.
Program Requirements
Credits
12
Required Courses
- FIN 650 Investment Management
- FIN 680 Global Financial Policy
- RMI 670 Risk Management and Insurance
- BUSA 601 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
or MBA 661 Managerial Finance
We’ll help you plan your courses: BUSA 601 or MBA 661 will depend on credits from your undergraduate degree.
Online Course Delivery
All courses are taught online by our distinguished faculty. Here at Ball State, you don’t have to sacrifice quality to pursue a graduate certificate online. As a virtual learner, you’ll access the same quality coursework, discussions, and distinguished faculty as on-campus students.