Graduate Certificate in FINANCE

IS THIS GRADUATE FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR ME?

If you're looking for an opportunity to expand your MBA and build upon your expertise in finance, or want to refresh your skills within the industry, this Finance certificate program is a great fit, especially for those who wish to pursue a management career.

WHAT WILL I LEARN IN THE GRADUATE FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM?

You'll put theories into action and develop skills that you can use to solve real-world challenges. Graduate certificate in Finance includes the following courses:

1. FIN 541 Capital Formation and Corporate Management (3)
2. FIN 542 Banking and the Movement of Capital (3)
3. FIN 543 Equity Markets and Debt Instrument Management (3)
4. FIN 544 Financial Management of Public and Not-For-Profit Organizations (3)

WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN FINANCE?

With a graduate certificate in Finance, you'll have plenty of options. In a small company you could step into a senior financial role. In a medium-sized company you could compete for advancement through mid-level positions of corporate finance. In a large company or government agency you could work as a financial project manager or budget analyst. We'll help you develop those vital skills.

WHY CITYU?

1. Our faculty represent top quality. They teach what they do for a living, not just what's in the book. They're smart, successful people who can help you succeed.
2. We offer very convenient weekend classes. You can earn your graduate certificate within 4 months (February – May 2013)
3. Because you are our MBA graduate!
   • This means you meet English proficiency requirements AND
   • There is no need for you to take the prerequisite course because you have already passed it when you did your MBA! Thus, out of 5, you only have to take 4 courses:  
     

     • (MBA 540 Strategic Financial Management (3) - WAIVED !!!)

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Deadline for application: January 15^th, 2013.

Please, fill out the contact form. Then you will be contacted by the MBA Program Manager or MBA Recruitment Specialist who will provide you with more information:

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FIN 541 Capital Formations and Corporate Management
In this class students will understand and be able to analyze the appropriate use of methods of capital formation. The financing of new and growing ventures has, along with most economic activity become global as well as local in scope. Venture Capital firms, Angel Investors, Capital Management Companies, Investment Banks, and other entities now operate everywhere, and their impact on capital formation and corporate management is profound. In addition to describing how these methods of capital formation function, this course will survey the methods used to implement mergers and buyouts when they are adopted as part of a company’s strategy.

FIN 542 Banking and the Movement of Capital In this course students will learn the role of banking in business development and management. From the use of micro‐loans in developing economies, through local and regional service banks, to the role of national and multi‐national institutions, students will learn how banks function. Special topics will include investment banks and the function of institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The global flow of capital, in part facilitated through the back offices of global banks, has tied the world’s economies.

FIN 543 Equity Markets and Debt Instrument Management

In this course students will learn how the markets in securities and capital investments work in detail. The course will also describe how securities are valued, how portfolios are managed, and the role of debt instruments such as bonds. Finally, the dynamics of behavioral finance, and its effect on trading and value will be surveyed. The trading of stocks and bonds has become global. The market in equity and debt instruments now is a 24 hour system. This course takes a comprehensive overview look at how markets are organized and how trading occurs. It establishes a framework for understanding how existing markets are established, how trading occurs in them, and how they evolve over time. The skills learners will gain will have profound long term impacts on their personal lives as well as in their professional responsibilities.

FIN 544 Financial Management of Public and Not‐For‐Profit Organizations
In this course the student will explore key finance issues in public organizations and not‐for‐profit corporations. The broad content will include public sector bonding and levying fees, to the role of philanthropy funding in major Non Governmental Organization [NGO] operations. Different methods of budgeting and accounting from corporate methods will also be presented. The role of finance in the public and not‐for‐profit sectors has become central to the stability of the world economy. On the local level, governments and not‐for‐profit corporations provide critical services. Internationally, NGOs play major roles in mediating key global problems. Governments financed projects, from the Five Gorges Dam in China, to the new tide regulation project in Venice and to the rebuilding of Port infrastructure in Seattle, have wide ranging local and global impacts.