Investment Management Certificate
Whether you’re looking to work in an investment role or get a better handle on your own personal portfolio, an investment management focus prepares you with financial management principles, portfolio management, real estate finance, and more.
Required courses:
- Managerial Finance—MBA:8180*
Portfolio Management—FIN:9200
* If this course is waived, you'll take another approved elective from the list below in its place.
Elective courses (select two):
All finance electives (except FIN:9160) require you to complete Managerial Finance first.
- Derivatives—FIN:9210 (Prerequisites: FIN:9200 and MBA:8180)
- Financial Modeling and Firm Valuation—FIN:9150
- Quantitative Finance and Machine Learning—FIN:9160 (No prerequisite required)
- Real Estate Finance and Investments—FIN:9230
- Wealth Management—FIN:9350
Finance Certificate
Required courses:
- Managerial Finance*—MBA:8180
- Portfolio Management—FIN:9200
- Corporate Finance—FIN:9300 (previously Corporate Investment and Finance Decisions)
* If this course is waived, you'll take another approved elective from the list below in its place.
Elective courses (select one):
Finance electives (except FIN:9160) require you to complete MBA:8180 Managerial Finance first.
- Corporate Financial Strategy—FIN:9310 (Prequisites: FIN:9300 in addition to MBA:8180)
- Corporate Risk Management and Insurance—FIN:9130
- Derivatives—FIN:9210 (Prerequisites: FIN:9200 in addition to MBA:8180)
- Enterprise Risk Management—FIN:9140
- Financial Modeling and Firm Valuation—FIN:9150
- Quantitative Finance and Machine Learning—FIN:9160 (No prerequisite required)
- Real Estate Finance and Investments—FIN:9230
- Wealth Management—FIN:9350
- Entrepreneurial Finance—ENTR:9200 (Prerequisite: MBA:8140)
Corporate Finance Certificate
Required courses:
- Corporate Financial Reporting*—MBA:8140
- Managerial Finance*—MBA:8180
- Corporate Finance—FIN:9300 (previously Corporate Investment and Finance Decisions)
- Corporate Financial Strategy—FIN:9310 (Prerequisites: FIN:9300 and MBA:8180)
Note: Course 2 needs to be taken before courses 3 and 4.
* If you're waived from one of these courses, you'll take Financial Modeling & Firm Valuation—FIN:9150 in its place. If both courses are waived, you'll also take Real Estate Finance & Investments—FIN:9230.
Financial Decision-Making Certificate
Required courses:
- Corporate Financial Reporting*—MBA:8140
- Data and Decisions*—MBA:8150/BAIS:9100
- Financial Statement Analysis and Forecasting—ACCT:9040
* If either of these two courses are waived, you'll take another approved elective from the list below in its place.
Elective course (select one):
- Project Management—MGMT:9185
- Corporate Finance—FIN:9300 (prerequisite: MBA:8180) (previously Corporate Investment and Finance Decisions)
- Corporate Financial Strategy—FIN:9310 (prerequisites: MBA:8180 and FIN:9300)
If you are taking the certificate on its own and not as part of the Iowa MBA, please note some electives have additional pre-reqs that must be satisfied.
Investment Management Certificate
Required courses:
- Managerial Finance—MBA:8180*
Portfolio Management—FIN:9200
* If this course is waived, you'll take another approved elective from the list below in its place.
Elective courses (select two):
All finance electives (except FIN:9160) require you to complete Managerial Finance first.
- Derivatives—FIN:9210 (Prerequisites: FIN:9200 and MBA:8180)
- Financial Modeling and Firm Valuation—FIN:9150
- Quantitative Finance and Machine Learning—FIN:9160 (No prerequisite required)
- Real Estate Finance and Investments—FIN:9230
- Wealth Management—FIN:9350
Responsible Resource Management Certificate
Required courses:
- Corporate Financial Reporting—MBA:8140*
- Strategic Cost Analysis—ACCT:9020
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability—MGMT:9091
* If this course is waived, you'll take another approved elective from the list below in its place.
Elective courses (select one):
- Data Management—BAIS:6050
- Cybersecurity—BAIS:6280
- Enterprise Risk Management—FIN:9140
- Operations and Supply Chain—MBA:8240
- Managing Employee Performance—MGMT:9250
- Strategic Business Growth—MBA:8320
Risk Management & Insurance Certificate
Required courses:
- Corporate Financial Reporting*—MBA:8140
- Managerial Finance*—MBA:8180
- Corporate Risk Management and Insurance—FIN:9130
- Enterprise Risk Management—FIN:9140
* If either of these courses are waived, you'll choose from the following to take its place: Financial Modeling & Firm Valuation—FIN:9150; Real Estate Finance & Investment—FIN:9230; Corporate Investment and Finance Decisions—FIN:9300; Financial Statement Analysis & Forecasting—ACCT:9040, or Dynamics of Negotiations—MGMT:9110.
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