Closely aligned with Crummer’s renowned Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship, the Entrepreneurship Concentration allows you to develop skills in entrepreneurial thought and action, effective oral and written communication, capitalizing on discovered opportunities, and new business creation and growth. Interdisciplinary electives let you focus on negotiation, international venturing, operational innovation, or starting your own company with mentoring from successful entrepreneurs. You will learn how to identify goals and learn strategies for facilitating the evolution of those goals, preparing you to start a business or bring entrepreneurial skills to an established company.

Concentration Requirements (9 credit hours)
At least 6 credits from the following:
• ENT 608: New Venture Creation (3 credits)
• ENT 613: Raising Capital for Entrepreneurial Ventures (3 credits)
• ENT 614: Commercializing Technology and Science (3 credits)
• ENT 615: The Entrepreneurial Venture (3 credits)

At most 3 credits from the following:
• ENT 607: Social Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• ENT 616: Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development (1.5 credits)
• MGT 611: Negotiations in Business (3 credits)
• MKT 606: Strategic Marketing (3 credits)
• MKT 613: Strategic Sales Leadership (3 credits)

You can obtain a finance concentration by completing nine elective credits beyond FIN 501 (FIN 502 for EAMBA program) with at least six credit hours with FIN designation.

Crummer MBA graduates have followed many different financial career paths – all of which involve raising money, investing money, or helping others manage money. Within the finance concentration, Crummer also offer the following curriculum tracks: the Corporate Finance Track and the Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Track. The recommended courses listed here are the courses that the finance faculty recommends preparing for a career in the respective field. The supplemental courses would give depth and breadth to your preparation.

Concentration Requirements
You can obtain a finance concentration by completing nine elective credits beyond FIN 501 (FIN 502 for EAMBA program) with at least six credit hours with FIN designation.

Corporate Finance Track
The corporate financial manager directs all the financial operations of the firm. This track prepares you to understand the complexities of corporate finance, including raising funds from public and private sources; evaluating spending opportunities in domestic, developed, and emerging markets; employing risk management techniques including derivatives; managing global cash flows and exchange rate risks; and using corporate financial policy to advance your firm’s strategic objectives.

Recommended Elective Courses:
• FIN 601: Applied Financial Management (3 credits)
• FIN 607: Mergers and Acquisitions (3 credits)
• INTL 603: Global Financial Decision Making (3 credits)
• FIN 611: Financial Modeling (3 credits)

Supplemental Elective Courses:
• FIN 605: Derivatives and Risk Management (3 credits)
• ACCT 614: Forensic Accounting (3 credits)

Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Track
Investment professionals analyze capital markets using a variety of asset valuation and management techniques. This track prepares you for a career in the investment profession as a financial analyst and portfolio manager with mutual funds, private money managers, brokerage firms, trust departments, banks, and insurance companies. Courses in this track also prepare you to better understand financial analysts and interpret their external valuations. Investment students may want to consider pursuing the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation while at Crummer. Details are available from any finance faculty member.

Recommended FIN Elective Courses (at least six credits from below list):
• FIN 603: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 credits)
• FIN 605: Derivatives and Risk Management (3 credits)
• FIN 609: Managing Global Portfolios (prerequisite FIN 603) (3 credits)
• FIN 611: Financial Modeling (3 credits)

Recommended Supplemental Elective Courses (may take beyond six credits of FIN electives to complete 9 credit requirement):
• INTL 603: Global Financial Decision Making (3 credits)
• ECO 601: Country Risk Analysis (3 credits)

Crummer MBAs with a concentration in marketing can choose a career path that allows them to work in customer insights and analytics, strategic marketing, branding, sales, marketing research, or management consulting. You will gain the cutting-edge marketing skills you need to help a company grow, strategically differentiate itself, and sustain a loyal customer base. In addition to elective offerings, Crummer works in partnership with local companies to offer a highly experiential learning environment, providing you with exposure to various marketing cases, client-based projects, and interdisciplinary opportunities outside of the classroom.

Concentration Requirements (9 credit hours)

To gain a Marketing Concentration, students must take three of the Marketing Electives listed below:

• MKT 601: Marketing Research (3 credits)
• MKT 606: Strategic Marketing (3 credits)
• MKT 613: Strategic Sales Leadership (3 credits)
• MKT 614: Marketing Analytics (3 credits)
• INT 602: International Marketing (3 credits)