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This specialization provides the concepts and skills needed for careers that focus on public and nonprofit financial management and public finance. Students study the field of finance from both an internal management perspective and an external policy approach, thereby preparing to move into many types of finance positions.
Public sector financial management and public finance positions are located in government, private, and nonprofit organizations. Graduates take various jobs including budget officers and analysts, consultants, finance directors, grants managers, program auditors, financial analysts, bond raters, investment bankers, and bond insurance underwriters.
PNP students may specialize in finance and choose courses from the list of courses in the public finance and/or financial management areas outlined below:
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Students who earn less than a "B+" in P11.1011 Statistics, P11.1018 Microeconomics and P11.1021 Financial Management for Public, Nonprofit and Health Organizations generally have difficulty in the more advanced courses in this specialization. All full-time Finance students should enroll in these three courses during their first semester of study as they are prerequisites for several advanced Finance courses. |
Required Specialization Courses:
Students must complete the following 10 credits:
Students must also complete 12 credits from the following courses:
Public Finance
Financial Management
Capstone
Finance students choose one of the following Capstone courses. All Capstones begin in the fall and are completed at the end of the spring semester. Full-time students who begin in the spring semester typically need 2½ years to complete their degree.