Finance Course Requirements

The courses listed below follow the progress of a typical doctoral program in finance from years one through four.

ZEROTH SUMMER (summer before formal matriculation)
Quantitative Methods

FALL YEAR 1
Probability & Statistics
Microeconomic Theory I
Market-Based Accounting Research (elective)
Elective

SPRING YEAR 1
Microeconomic Theory II
Econometric Methods
Finance Theory
Directed Study in Statistical Computing and Financial Research

SUMMER YEAR 1
Year One Evaluation (based on performance in first-year coursework)
Empirical Capital Markets Research

FALL YEAR 2
Advanced Econometrics
Advanced Topics in Finance I/II
Accounting and Nature of the Firm (elective)
Elective

SPRING YEAR 2
Second Year Paper
Time Series Econometrics
Elective
Elective

SUMMER YEAR 2
Comprehensive Exam
Second Year Summer Research
Second Year Evaluation
TATTO Teaching Development Course

FALL YEAR 3
TATTO Course on Business School Teaching & TATTO Teaching Assistantship
Electives
Dissertation Research

SPRING YEAR 3
TATTO Teaching Associateship
Advanced Topics in Finance II
Electives
Dissertation Research

SUMMER YEAR 3
Research
Third Year Evaluation

FOURTH YEAR
Dissertation Research
Final Dissertation Defense

Most doctoral seminars are offered every other year. The sequence of courses taken by a student depends on the timing of his or her admission in the two-year cycle. The doctoral curriculum is subject to periodic review and revision.