GRADUATE FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

OUR HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND REQUIREMENTS

This program was created primarily in response to requests from a growing number of executives with demanding corporate schedules who felt that their current and future business environment called for an increasing awareness of state-of-the-art financial concepts, techniques, and overall perspectives.

In response to these requests, some of the best certificate programs from the most respected business schools, both domestic and international, were reviewed, including our own very successful Graduate Marketing Certificate Program. Most of these programs outside of Cox were adequate to outstanding in their content; however, they usually were scheduled in the summer for six to eight weeks, requiring on-campus, full-time residence.

This kind of scheduling can be too restrictive for many executives. We, therefore, followed our Marketing colleagues and developed a schedule to meet your needs. Our certificate program meets one night a week for seven weeks each trimester, beginning in September and ending in March.

Our philosophy is simple:

We are here to help you learn. We welcome questions in class discussions and want you to feel free to talk with professors after class. We will make every effort to help you obtain the information and develop the skills that you need.
Supplementary readings for all class lectures are provided to allow you to explore your topics of interest in greater depth.
There are a variety of perspectives on finance, and many financial issues can be approached in different ways. Therefore, we expose you to a variety of professors and guest lecturers, each with their own viewpoint.
We care about your experience and want you to gain from our expertise. We ask you to evaluate each session and professor. We welcome questions and comments about each class.

Our requirements are few:

To quality for the Certificate of Graduation, participants must attend five out of seven sessions each trimester . For executives whose business circumstances will not permit consecutive trimesters, the program may be spread over two years.

Courses may be taken either with a pass/fail option or for a letter grade. The requirement for pass/fail is attendance. The requirement for a letter grade is a case analysis or equivalent for each of the trimesters. Given the unique character of the Graduate Finance Certificate Program, no course credit may be applied to any other graduate program.