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This course is intended to give students an idea of the work conducted by investment banks. Areas reviewed will include debt financing, equity underwriting, merger & acquisition advisory assignments, and trading activity. Special emphasis will be placed on the methods commonly applied when conducting valuation, debt capacity, and transaction analysis. In addition, there will be summary of investment banking history and of the peripheral players (private equity and hedge funds) that interact with banks. Application Deadline: August 4, 2025 | Payment Deadline: August 11, 2025

The objective and goal of this course is to broaden your awareness of the impact of global economic, financial, geopolitical, and demographic trends on business. The class provides conceptual frameworks and tools for analysis critical to conducting business in the international environment. Implications for human as well as economic development are discussed. The class will enable students to think globally and strategically; develop diverse perspectives on global business, the macroeconomy, and the future; read and analyze macroeconomic data releases; and understand the increasing global connections that impact business and finance. Also, the class will explore the evolution of macroeconomic policy and events as it pertains to recent events, including COVID-19 and its substantial global macroeconomic impacts (such as massive record-sized government deficits). Application Deadline: August 4, 2025 | Payment Deadline: August 11, 2025

Compared to traditional investments, such as public stock, public bonds, and cash, alternative investments represent the largest and fastest growing asset class in the world. Alternative Investments include venture capital, private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and distressed securities. This class was designed specifically for executive MBA's interested in (i) how to start their own business, (ii) how to buy an existing business, (iii) how to invest in real estate, and (iv) how to optimize your personal investment portfolio. In addition this class is highly suitable for those students who have significant interaction with alternative asset managers. The class is divided into seminar-like sessions discussion (i) organization and strategy of the alternative investments industry, (ii) valuation, capital structure and term sheets, (iii) new venture financing, and (iv) deal structuring. The course is in a case/discussion format and is highly interactive. Four guest speakers will join us during the semester. Application Deadline: August 4, 2025 | Payment Deadline: August 11, 2025

This course deals with the valuation and use of fixed income securities. It begins with the concept of the time-value-of-money and interest rates applied to bond pricing, and progresses through an examination of complex structured products and fixed income derivatives. Initially the focus is on the markets for fixed income securities, and the tools of pricing through the discounting of cash flows. Next, we study primary fixed income securities: Treasury bonds, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds. From there we move into the structured products of fixed income: mortgage-backed securities and CMOs. We conclude the course with coverage of fixed income derivatives, both over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded (listed) products. Throughout, the course maintains a dual objective: to educate you in the principles of fixed income securities and structured finance, while at the same time giving you an understanding of how Wall Street is involved in the financial markets. At various times the material may appear advanced and mathematically technical. However, this course is intentionally designed to de-emphasize the technical aspects, and is suitable for students with no prior background in fixed income, and with a grasp of mathematics only at the level of high school algebra. Application Deadline: August 4, 2025 | Payment Deadline: August 11, 2025

This course will strengthen your practical understanding of the financial statements, and you will gain intellectual insights into finance and accounting management. You will learn how to address business challenges through applied financial principles. Payment Deadline: October 31, 2025

This course equips students with essential cost performance analysis skills for planning and managing healthcare operations. Participants will learn to identify relevant costs and benefits, estimate service costs, set pricing strategies, and assess profitability and risk using cost-volume-profit relationships. Through a case-based approach, the course applies key management accounting concepts to healthcare settings, covering resource planning, cost behavior analysis, and time-driven activity-based costing. Students will develop budgeting strategies, investigate discrepancies between budgets and actual results, and design performance evaluation systems to ensure organizational strategic alignment.