MBA Program
Within the MIT Sloan School's MBA Program, the Finance Group offers the Track in Finance, which consists of required courses, electives, and extra-curricular activities designed to prepare MBA students for careers in the finance industry. Any MBA candidate may elect to participate in the Track in Finance and, upon completion of the track requirements, will receive a Track in Finance Certificate in addition to their MBA degree.
Students in the Track will complete the following required finance courses which will provide basic pre-requisites:
Finance Track electives are designed to prepare students for more specific career paths within the finance industry. Students are expected to take 39-42 units of Track electives. To receive the Track certificate, students are expected to maintain a minimum GPA of 4.2 in their Track courses. In particular, students may select one of the following six specializations, which determines the set of electives from which they will choose:
- Asset Management
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Technology
- Risk Management
- Sales and Trading
Students must choose 15-18 units from a general set of electives (Electives A), and 24 additional* units from one of six sets of electives based on their specialization (Electives B):
Electives A
- 15.431 — Entrepreneurial Finance
- 15.433 — Investments or
15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management
- 15.434 — Advanced Corporate Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.545 — Mergers and Acquisitions
Electives B: Asset Management
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management OR
15.433 Investments
- 15.426J — Real Estate Finance
- 15.427J — Real Estate Capitals Markets
- 15.431 — Entrepreneurial Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.416 — PhD Intro to Financial Economics**
- 15.440 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics I**
- 15.442 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics III**
- 15.071 — Decision Methodologies for Managers
- 14.382 — Econometrics†
- 14.384 — Time Series Analysis†
- 15.424 — Practice of Finance: Endowment Management
- 15.535 — Business Analysis Using Financial Statements
- 15.973 — Practice of Finance: Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Markets from a Quantitative Perspective
- 15.993 — Practice of Finance: Foundations of Institutional Portfolio Management
- 15.977 — Practice of Finance: Investment Management
- 15.419 — Practice of Finance: Alternative Investments-Private Equity and Hedge Funds
- 15.970 — Special Seminar in Management: Financial Crises
Electives B: Corporate Finance
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management OR
15.433 — Investments
- 15.431 — Entrepreneurial Finance
- 15.434 — Advanced Corporate Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.441 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics II**
- 15.518 — Taxes and Business Strategy
- 15.521 — Management Accounting and Control
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.535 — Business Analysis Using Financial Statements
- 15.545 — Mergers and Acquisitions
- 15.617 — Basic Business Law, Tilted for Finance
- 15.647 — Subprime, Credit Crunch, and Economic Crisis — A Legal Roadmap
- 15.420 — Practice of Finance: International Financial Management
- 15.423 — Practice of Finance: Advanced Corporate Risk Management
- 15.025 — Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
- 14.281 — Contract Economics†
- 14.387 — Applied Econometrics†
- 15.970 — Special Seminar in Management: Financial Crises
- 15.963 — Special Seminar in Management: Valuation
Electives B: Financial Engineering
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management
- 15.436 — International Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.416 — PhD Intro to Financial Economics**
- 15.440 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics I**
- 15.442 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics III**
- 15.062 — Data Mining
- 15.070J — Advanced Stochastic Processes
- 15.077J — Statistical Learning and Data Mining
- 15.071 — Decision Methodologies for Managers
- 15.081J — Intro to Mathematical Programming
- 15.084J — Nonlinear Programming
- 15.093J — Optimization Models
- 6.231 — Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control†
- 15.420 — Practice of Finance: International Financial Management
- 15.970 — Special Seminar in Management: Financial Crises
- 15.973 — Practice of Finance: Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Markets from a Quantitative Perspective
Electives B: Financial Technology
- 15.077J — Statistical Learning and Data Mining
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.442 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics III**
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.062 — Data Mining
- 15.564 — IT Essentials II
- 15.578 — Global Information Systems
- 15.970 — Special Seminar in Management: Financial Crises
- 6.338J — Parallel Computing†
- 6.821 — Programming Languages†
- 6.823 — Computer System Architecture†
- 6.824 — Distributed Computer Systems Engineering†
Electives B: Risk Management
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management OR
15.433 Investments
- 15.426J — Real Estate Finance
- 15.427J — Real Estate Capital Markets
- 15.436 — International Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.416 — PhD Intro to Financial Economics**
- 15.440 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics I**
- 15.442 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics III**
- 15.070J — Advanced Stochastic Processes
- 15.071 — Decision Methodologies for Managers
- 14.382 — Econometrics†
- 14.384 — Time Series Analysis†
- 15.973 — Practice of Finance: Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Markets from a Quantitative Perspective
- 15.419 — Practice of Finance: Alternative Investments-Private Equity and Hedge Funds
- 15.423 — Practice of Finance: Advanced Corporate Risk Management
Electives B: Sales and Trading
- 15.408 — Quantitative Investment Management OR
15.433 Investments
- 15.431 — Entrepreneurial Finance
- 15.436 — International Finance
- 15.437 — Options and Futures
- 15.438 — Fixed Income
- 15.450 — Analytics of Finance
- 15.522 — Security Design
- 15.416 — PhD Intro to Financial Economics**
- 15.440 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics I**
- 15.442 — PhD Advanced Financial Economics III**
- 15.025 — Game Theory for Strategic Advantage
- 15.070J — Stochastic Processes
- 15.071 — Decision Models
* No double counting (Electives A courses may not be applied to the requirements for Electives B)
** Students must obtain instructor permission to enroll in Ph.D. level courses. To be considered, email kbowen@mit.edu.
† Sloan students may only take up to three non-Sloan courses for credit towards their degree.
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