Master of Finance
Optional Concentrations
MFin students can specialize their studies by pursuing a concentration in one of the following areas: Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering, or Climate and Social Impact Finance. Completing a concentration is optional and not required to earn the MFin degree.
The concentration requirements are in addition to the MFin degree requirements. Courses used to fulfill your MFin degree requirements cannot also count toward your concentration. The only exceptions are 15.455 and 15.457, which may be applied to the Financial Engineering concentration, and 15.453, which may be applied to the Climate and Social Impact Finance concentration.
Financial Engineering
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Required
15.455: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Financial Engineering
15.456: Financial Engineering
15.457: Advanced Analytics of Finance
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Concentration Electives (choose 1)
15.095: Machine Learning Under a Modern Optimization Lens
15.235: Blockchain & Money
15.437: Options & Futures Markets
15.438: Fixed Income Securities & Derivatives
15.447: International Capital Markets
15.458: Financial Data Science and & Computing
15.466: Functional & Strategic Finance
15.467: Asset Mgmt, Lifecycle Investing & Retirement Finance
15.470: Asset Management
15.481: Financial Market Dynamics
15.773: Hands-on Deep Learning
15.S08: Advanced Data Analytics & Machine Learning in Finance
Climate and Social Impact Finance
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Required
15.453: Fin lab impact-related project
15.499: Social Impact Investing
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Concentration Electives (choose 1)
15.431: Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
15.456: Financial Engineering
15.482: Healthcare Finance
15.873: System Dynamics for Business and Policy
15.S08: Advanced Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Capital Markets
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Concentration Electives (choose 2)
15.235: Blockchain & Money
15.437: Options & Futures Markets
15.438: Fixed Income Securities & Derivatives
15.447: International Capital Markets
15.456: Financial Engineering
15.466: Functional & Strategic Finance
15.467: Asset Mgmt, Lifecycle Investing & Retirement Finance
15.481: Financial Market Dynamics
Corporate Finance
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Concentration Electives (choose 2)
15.431: Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital
15.434: Advanced Corporate Finance
15.436: Corporate Financial Strategy
15.437: Options & Futures Markets
15.445: Mergers, Acquisitions & PE
15.466: Functional & Strategic Finance
15.482: Healthcare Finance
15.535: Business Analysis Using Financial Statements
* As of Spring, 2024. Subject to changes.