Finance

Graduate certificate

Your background has taken you to or near the finance industry. Now, you seek an advanced or more specialized role. However, the global marketplace presents challenges for all professionals. Do more than keep up — stay ahead with an online graduate certificate in finance from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).

This graduate certificate program creates a bridge to your goals through a  concentrated curriculum covering higher-level finance concepts and their real-world applications. Course work further ties long-held theories to modern data analytics methods to enhance your decision-making skills. In-depth exposure to managerial and corporate finance, investments, financial and statement analysis and modeling broadens your existing knowledge to help you make an impact on the job. 

For individuals who have earned at least a bachelor’s, this online graduate certificate in finance supplements your current degree, advances your skills in a competitive industry and helps you transition to an MBA or a master’s in information science and technology. 

Advance your career in finance

The business world is a demanding place, and you’re driven to succeed. You first studied business, social science, technology, engineering or a related discipline. Now, you’re asked to contribute to your workplace’s financial discussions. What programs or services get cut — and what areas get to expand? How do new services factor into its financial profile? You can make general predictions, but do you have hard projections to back it up?

Missouri S&T’s online graduate certificate in finance helps you meaningfully contribute to the conversation:

• Deepen your knowledge and skills in financial theory, financial markets and decision-making concerning investments.
• Understand how to use key financial tools to better manage an organization and make stronger decisions.
• Become more aware of current corporate finance issues and how they may affect your workplace.
• Learn to support your decisions and recommendations by analyzing capital markets for risks and uncertainty, and thoroughly understanding financial policy, dividend policy and capital structure.
• Explore modern portfolio theory and the key aspects of investment analysis.
• Practice your techniques through portfolio simulation, stock analysis and interacting with securities professionals.
• Improve your assessment of financial statements, including uses of financial data and accounting analytics.
• Learn to apply financial technology and analytics, including for designing integrated models, to predict fraud and to influence business strategies.

Pathway to a master's degree

You strive to propel your career forward and become an even greater asset to your organization. Continue to challenge yourself after completing your online certificate by enrolling in Missouri S&T’s master of business administration or master of science in information science and technology. For both programs, the credits earned through your online graduate certificate in finance transfer to fulfill part of your requirements.

Students taking this pathway are exempt from submitting GRE or GMAT scores. However, understand that admission to either program is not guaranteed following the completion of your certificate, and you must first submit an application. 

Additionally, if you currently possess a master’s and you’re applying to a PhD program after completing the certificate, GRE or GMAT scores are required.