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:

  1. Corporate Financial Reporting*—MBA:8140
  2. Managerial Finance*—MBA:8180
  3. Corporate Risk Management and Insurance—FIN:9130
  4. 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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