Finance University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Global

Overview

Throughout this Finance degree from University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Global, you will apply the theories learned in the digital classroom to real-world workplace challenges, learn to 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, and proactively anticipate rapidly changing business challenges in a global economy.

Key Facts

The finance specialization comprises three courses designed to enhance your knowledge and ability in the areas of financial markets operation and the strategic management of financial entities. You will learn how to analyze project investment and corporate valuation as well as the best forms and ways to raise capital; to identify the key financial challenges faced by entrepreneurial ventures and various ways to fund new ventures; and explore the key elements of international financial regulation as well as how to manage risk.

UCC also offers you the choice to customize your MBA in Finance by taking either a research or applied pathway. If you intend to pursue a doctoral degree, the research pathway is often the best choice.

You’ll learn how to…

Analyze investment decisions and assess their impact on cash flow streams and calculate capital cost to determine a firm’s optimal capital structure.

Evaluate stocks and bonds value, assess a portfolio’s risk and return, and analyze derivative markets to make hedging decisions to manage risk exposure.

Develop strategies to mitigate agency problems and information asymmetry in decision-making and evaluate how corporate governance can reduce risk exposure.

Develop a strategic plan integrating finance and entrepreneurship to create a successful business and use financial analysis to assess business opportunities and challenges.

Analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by micro and small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Develop and apply financial management and investment strategies for SMEs.

Conduct a risk assessment of international financial markets and evaluate the effectiveness of various regulatory frameworks in mitigating risk and promoting stability in the international financial system.