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Program Schedule

Program length: 10 months (September – June)*
Total semester hours: 40 semester hours
Program delivery: Full-time, Monday – Friday

* There is also a 20-month option. Please contact the Director, Mari Peterson, for additional details.

MS Director Mari Peterson: petersme@plu.edu

Term 1: Fall semester (14 weeks) September – December

ECON 503: Economics for Finance (4)
BMSF 505: Financial Econometrics (4)
BMSF 512: Financial Accounting: Reporting & Analysis I (4)
BMSF 514: Foundations of Finance (4)

Total: 16 credit hours

Term 2: J-term (4 weeks) January

Rotating course offering, OR
BMSF 595: Internship (4)

Total: 4 semester hours

Term 3: Spring term (14 weeks) February – May

BMSF 532: Fixed Income Securities and Credit Risk (4)
BMSF 534: Portfolio Theory and Management (4)
BMSF 536: Advanced Corporate Finance (4)
BMSF 538: Risk Management (4)

Total: 16 semester hours

Term 4: Summer term (4 weeks) June

BMSF 599: Capstone: Integration and Graduate Research in Finance (4)

Total: 4 semester hours