UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE WHARTON SCHOOL GRADUATE DIVISION
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN FINANCE
http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu
For questions: please contact the Finance Department MBA Advisor, Dr. Jamshed Ghandhi
(ghandhij@wharton.upenn.edu) or Andrea Rollins (rollins@wharton.upenn.edu).
Requirements for the Major
The major requires five elective finance credit units unless you take both FNCE 601 and FNCE 602, in
which case only four credit units of elective coursework in finance is required. If you take FNCE 621
(0.5cu) and FNCE602, the major still requires only four credit units of elective coursework in finance.
In addition:
a) No more than one credit unit may be an Advanced Study Project (FNCE 890) OR an Independent
Study (FNCE 899).
b) Courses offered in other departments cannot be counted towards the Finance major unless they have
been cross-listed with the Finance Department. In order to apply a cross listed course to the Finance
major, you must be registered for the “FNCE” course (bid on the “FNCE” course ID in the auction).
c) Courses taken on a pass/fail basis cannot be counted toward the Finance major.
A variety of programs can be designed for specific intellectual and career objectives. Several types of
specialized programs are described below. These are offered only as suggestions, and students are
encouraged to explore whatever interests they have over the broad range of courses offered in the
Finance Department. Students should keep in mind that not all courses listed below are offered every
semester. Students should check with the Finance Department to verify each semester’s course offerings
as well as the professors assigned to those courses.
A complete listing of courses offered in the Department, together with a brief description. prerequisites,
and syllabi, can be found at http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/ .
Although the student is free to take any courses within the Department’s offerings, subject to the above
restrictions, the courses can be clustered to cater to a variety of intellectual or career interests. Several
types of specialized programs are listed below.
CORPORATE FINANCE
BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FNCE 726 Advanced Corporate Finance
FNCE 728 Corporate Valuation
FNCE 731 International Corporate Finance
FNCE 738 Funding Investments
FNCE 750 Venture Capital & the FNCE of Innovation
FNCE 751 The Finance of Buyouts and Acquisitions
FNCE 725 Fixed Income Securities
FNCE 732 International Banking (Fall only)
FNCE 738 Funding Investments
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
FNCE 719 International Financial Markets (Fall only)
FNCE 731 International Corporate Finance
FNCE 732 International Banking
April 16, 2010
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
FNCE 717 Financial Derivatives
FNCE 720 Investment Management
FNCE 725 Fixed Income Securities
FNCE 738 Funding Investments
FNCE 750 Venture Capital & the FNCE of Innovation