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PhD - Financial Management
This doctoral degree concentrates on developing advanced skills needed to work with educational, governmental and financial organizations. The student will acquire skills from a broad collection of financial topics and research methods that can fit both within for-profit and not-for-profit environments. The finance skills include financial statement analysis, understanding advanced financial business decision models, understanding investment selection techniques, and understanding how financial institutions generate earnings and manage risks. The methodologies studied will come from both quantitative and qualitative areas. The student that successfully completes the degree is in a position to work in an educational environment at a university level as an instructor/professor or take a variety of research or practitioner oriented positions. For example, positions could be Economist, Financial Research Specialist, Statistician, Financial Analyst, Budget Analyst, Loan Officer, Financial Manager, Financial Planner, and Investment Banker.
