Global MBA
Finance and Investments
The Department of Finance at the George Washington University is reputed as one of the finest centers for academic research and learning in its field. The department's areas of expertise include Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Futures, Modeling, Options, Risk Management, Real Finance and Securities Regulation.
Required Coursework
- FINA 221: Financial Decision Making
- FINA 222: Capital Formation OR FINA 223: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- FINA 224: Financial Management (capstone)
- One other graduate FINA course (other than the 240 series for the REUD concentration)
Recommended tracks
Analytical applications
FINA 222 or FINA 223 as your fourth concentration course
Portfolio management and international financial markets
FINA 236 or FINA 235 as your fourth concentration course
General finance
Any other FINA class as your fourth concentration course
Regional Considerations
New York City
- Investment Banking (Wall Street)
- Corporate Finance
Washington DC
- US Government Agencies
- GAO
- Department of Interior
- Regional Offices of FBR, Riggs, BB&T, etc.
- World Bank Group
Baltimore
- Corporate Finance (Legg Mason, T. Rowe Price)
- Commercial Banking (BB&T, Bank of America)
- Asset Management (Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab)
Possible Job Titles for MBAs in Finance
- Financial analyst
- Senior Risk analyst
- Financial consultant
- Investment analyst
- Business analyst
- Financial advisor
- Finance Associate
- Budget Analyst
A Selection of Companies Hiring MBAs in Finance
- Friedman, Billings & Ramsey
- World Bank Group
- BB&T
- Capital One
- Time Warner
- Ferris Baker Watts
- Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae
- NASD
- GAO
- Dept of Commerce
- Samsung
- Nextel