The Kogod School of Business has launched two new graduate degrees - a master of science in finance and master of science in finance and real estate - to begin this academic year.
The programs will require 33 credit hours, which can be completed on either a full-time or part-time basis. The school will add two new classes - "Fixed Income" and "Financial Modeling." Existing courses will become part of the degrees, and some previously discontinued classes will be reintroduced, according to an AU press release.
"We have seen a strong increase in demand for excellent quantitative skills in finance and real estate," Kathleen Getz, senior associate dean for academic affairs at Kogod, said in the statement. "The complexity of global financial markets requires more and more analysts with higher and higher levels of knowledge and expertise."
The new programs reflect a trend of expanding specialized degrees in business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, according to the statement.
-CAROLYN PHENICIE
