Online MBA in Finance

Program Overview

St. Mary's University's online MBA program with a Finance specialization equips students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the financial industry. Offered part-time and 100% online, the program allows working professionals to advance their careers without interrupting their work. The program prepares graduates for various finance roles, such as Financial Analyst, CFO, and Financial Advisor.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Finance specialization of the St. Mary’s University and Higher Ed Partners (HEP) online MBA program

is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the rapidly evolving financial industry.

Objectives:

• Deepen your knowledge of economics, cost-based decision making, corporate financial management, operations, marketing strategy, organisational management, corporate planning, and more.
• Collaborate and work effectively in teams across and within functional areas.
• Enhance your communication skills.
• Sharpen your critical and analytical thinking.
• Deepen your ethical decision-making in business contexts.
• Proactively anticipate rapidly changing business challenges in a global economy.

Description:

The program is offered 100% online and in a part-time format, allowing students to learn while they earn and fit their studies around their busy schedules. The program provides a flexible learning environment with a digital classroom where students can access course materials and interact with faculty and peers.

Outline:

Modules:

• Corporate Finance
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• International Financial Regulation
• Business Strategy
• Finance for Managers
• Economics for Managers
• Financial Accounting and Analysis
• Leadership & Organisational Behaviour
• Marketing Management
• Operations Management
• Business Intelligence & Visualisation Tools
• International Financial Regulation: Explore the liberalization of international financial markets, the development of international regulations in response to crises, and how the most recent financial crises have shaped the current global economic environment.
• Business Strategy: Gain a perspective on organizations, both within and outside of the for-profit business world.
Learn about the time value of money, investing in various instruments, making critical decisions regarding capital expenditures, and various methods for successfully capitalizing the firm. Learn about the supply and demand model, the product and market structures, and macroeconomic issues of fiscal and monetary policy.
• Financial Accounting and Analysis: Explore how firms' financial statements are used to make decisions throughout every level of an organization.
Learn how to apply leadership skills during change and in multicultural and diverse environments. Explore the relationship between contemporary leadership issues and classical leadership theory.
• Operations Management: Gain a deep understanding of operations management and how it is critical to your success in any field.
Explore the major problems and decision processes of operations management such as operations strategy, process and capacity planning, facilities planning, aggregate planning, materials planning, and quality planning.
• Business Intelligence & Visualisation Tools: Business Intelligence (BI) uses historical data to better understand and thereby improve business performance, as well as create new strategic opportunities for growth.
This course examines the technologies used to support organizational decision-making, explores the data organization, and examines the BI processes and techniques used in transforming data into knowledge and value.
• Research Methods for Business and Management: Develop your understanding of research in general and business.
Address both academic business research and business consultancy research and examine the concepts and theories underlying research, as well as the practice of research. Identify a feasible research topic through readings and assignments and develop a research proposal for academic business or business consultancy research. Study the philosophical and epistemological assumptions underpinning the research approaches and methodologies. Investigate the importance of the literature review and how to carry it out for optimal effectiveness in research. Examine the ethical aspects of research and consultancy.

Program Schedule:

The online MBA program with a Finance specialization is offered as a part-time program with a duration of 24 months. The program starts twice a year, in June and September.

Careers:

• Financial Analyst
• Head of Finance
• VP of Finance
• CFO
• Financial Controller
• Financial Advisor
• and more

Other:

• The program is designed for working professionals seeking to develop the skills and knowledge needed for a career in finance, without taking a career break.
• The program is offered 100% online, allowing students to learn from anywhere in the world.
• The program is offered in a part-time format, allowing students to balance their studies with their work and personal lives.
• The program is taught by experienced faculty with industry expertise.
• The program is affordable, with fees payable per module as you go.