This program provides a strong grounding in managerial fundamentals while highlighting the strategic role that technology management plays in enhancing business performance and creating sustainable competitive advantage. In addition, it includes a non-pay community service (practicum) course in which students use training in service and process innovation to help solve local community problems. Individual faculty supervises teams of students who work with local agencies and small business start-ups. Projects come from faculty in conjunction with local organizations, agencies, and businesses. The finance elective set prepares students for a career path in corporate finance and for careers in financial services. The special finance challenges in high-tech industries are explored as well as the impact of technology on financial markets and the financial manager in modern corporations. Students following the finance concentration may elect two paths: investments or corporate finance. Students taking the investments option learn about decision-making such as portfolio choices, making markets in securities, and analyzing non-standard forms of investments. The corporate finance option should be pursued by students who are interested in working and making decisions within firms. This option deals with financing and investment (real and financial) decisions within business entities such as corporations, sole proprietorship, partnerships, or a limited liability corporation.
Students should have completed a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree or the U.S. equivalent. International students should have obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 230 on CBT, 570 on PBT and TOEFL speaking sub score of 22. In lieu of the TOEFL student might have obtained a PTE (Pearson’s Test of English) score of 60.
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