Finance and Banking Certificate

The Finance and Banking Microdegree consists of 4-courses providing a concentrated perspective into the complex field of global finance and banking.

It is designed to provide students with skills to develop financial, analytical, and communication techniques to access, make effective financial decisions, and minimize risk.

Graduates of the Micro-Credential Certificate are able to:

• Gain an understanding of the dynamics within this fast-paced industry and balance the technological issues with the strategic business aspects of successful eCommerce.
• Understand the role of leadership in the entrepreneurial process and the role of groups and teams to business success or failure.
• Evaluate how best to market goods, services, and ideas, and how various business functions interact and complement each other in the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage.
• Implement the fundamentals of business management and examine the full business cycle from how to start a business, manage and grow it, to harvesting the business.
• Understand digital marketing in the real world and its relationship to branding, language, and intercultural communication.
• Applying digital media channels such as an institutional website, social media, and email campaigns.
• Distinguish affiliate marketing, online PR, and search engine marketing.

Graduate Certificate students complete the four main concentration courses of the UBIS MBA program. Only 4 courses total that can be completed in as short as 4 months or as long as 2 years.

A total of 12 US / 24 ECTS.

• FIN 601 Corporate Finance
• FIN 602 Financial Markets and Institutions
• FIN 609 International Financial Management
• FIN 603 Financial Risk Management

FIN 601 Corporate Finance

Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS

This course looks at the realities of finance within a corporate entity. Capital investment decisions are reviewed in more detail, with an emphasis on risk analysis. Additional topics include the management of cash and working capital and the valuation of companies. The course makes extensive use of case study analysis to link classroom teaching with corporate realities and to provide students with additional experience in making presentations. Any decision that a business makes has financial implications, and any decision which affects the finances of that business is a corporate finance decision. This course will examine corporate finance within that framework. This course will focus on specific areas and issues such as the evaluation of capital investment projects, the problem of risk adjustment in such decisions, capital structures, dividends, and share buy-backs, sources of capital, issuing securities, cash, and working capital management, and mergers and acquisitions.

FIN 602 Financial Markets and Institutions

Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS

This course helps students understand why financial markets exist, how financial institutions serve them, and what services those institutions offer. Focusing on the management, performance, and regulation of financial institutions, this edition explores the Federal Reserve System and its recent changes. Expanded coverage examines stock valuation, market microstructure strategies, and liquidity in today's financial markets. In addition, students examine popular sources of funding.

FIN 603 Financial Risk Management

Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS

This course blends institutional material, theory, and practical applications to give students a solid understanding of how derivatives are used to manage the risks of financial decisions. Detailed coverage introduces options, futures, forwards, swaps, and risk management as well as pricing, trading, and strategy. Financial information reflects the most recent changes in the derivatives market -- one of the most volatile sectors in the financial world. Engaging features illustrate risk management in real financial decisions.

FIN 609 International Financial Management

Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS

Develops financial, analytical, and communication skills necessary to develop and implement a financial strategy consistent with firm value creation in a dynamic environment. Stresses the impact of ethical and legal considerations, global markets, and technological innovation on efficient economic outcomes.