Certificate of Graduate Study in Finance

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The Finance Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) offers students the opportunity to pursue quantitative and analytical concepts and tools that are valuable in corporate, non-profit, and personal finance settings.

The Finance COGS is a valuable stand-alone credential for those seeking to refresh skills in their current finance-related roles. The Finance COGS program also serves as a micro-credential on the way toward earning a degree that allows students to sample content before being formally admitted into Rowan’s Master of Finance (MSF) or Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a Finance Area of Concentration.

Program Requirements

The Finance Certificate of Graduate Study at Rowan University requires the completion of 9 graduate semester hours (s.h.) made up of three (3) courses.

Required Courses: 9 s.h.

Choose three (3) from the following options.

FIN 04511 - Quantitative Methods in Finance Credits: 3
ACC 03510 - Financial Statement Analysis Credits: 3
FIN 04500 - Financial Decision Making Credits: 3
FIN 04600 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Credits: 3
FIN 04530 - Multinational Financial Management Credits: 3
FIN 04518 - Derivative Securities and Financial Risk Management Credits: 3
FIN 04560 - Fixed Income Securities Credits: 3
FIN 04520 - Financial Modeling Credits: 3
FIN 04505 - Advanced Financial Planning Credits: 3
FIN 04540 - Financial Institutions Management Credits: 3
FIN 04512 - Capital Budgeting Credits: 3
FIN 04510 - Independent Study: Finance Credits: 1 to 6

Total Required Credits for the Program: 9 s.h.

Foundation Courses

Calculus: Techniques & Applications
Foundations of Accounting or Principles of Accounting I and Principles of Accounting II
Principles of Economics: A Survey or Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Principles of Finance
Statistics I

Graduation/Exit, Benchmark, and Thesis Requirements

None

Minimum Required Grades and Cumulative GPA

The COGS in Finance is a Category 3 program.

For details regarding satisfactory academic progress and graduation requirements, please visit Academic Program Policy Categories .

Program Director Contact Information
Jennifer Maden
Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Studies
Business Hall
856.256.5220
maden@rowan.edu