Master of Science in Strategic Finance - Accounting

Degree Completion

Candidates for the M.S.S.F. must fulfill the following requirements:

1. A minimum of 30 graduate credit hours, in accordance with the definition of the curriculum, of which each course counts only once toward graduation;
2. A grade of C (2.0) or better must be earned in each graduate business course that counts toward graduation [Note: No more than two graduate business course grades may be below B- (2.7)];
3. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 for all graduate business courses at IU Southeast. Satisfactory completion of the community service requirement.*

Students are expected to complete the graduate business program curriculum within seven years. This rule also applies to students seeking to complete both graduate business programs simultaneously or consecutively. The seven year time frame starts with taking the first graduate course (not Foundations coursework)

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Required courses

• BUSE-A 505 - Strategic Cost Management
• BUSE-A 507 - Modeling and Simulation
• BUSE-C 522 - Financial Management
• BUSE-E 577 - Financial Statement Analysis
• BUSE-E 594 - Business Analysis and Valuation
• BUSE-E 595 - Advanced Corporate Finance*
• BUSE-E 597 - Fraud Issues in Business

Choose three courses

• BUSE-E 551* - Managerial Forecasting
• BUSE-E 552 - Negotiation
• BUSE-E 554 - Human Resource Management
• BUSE-E 557 - Investment Management
• BUSE-E 560 - Venture Growth Management
• BUSE-E 562 - Special Topics in Business (when relevant to MSSF degree plan)
• BUSE-E 567 - Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis
• BUSE-E 568 - International Financial Management
• BUSE-E 581 - Special Topics: Information Technology Management Issues
• BUSE-E 588 - Project Management
• BUSE-E 590 - Independent Study (course topic must be approved by Director as relevant to MSSF degree plan)
• BUSE-E 591 - Analysis of Current Economic and Business Conditions
• BUSE-E 596* - Intermediate Accounting II
• BUSE-G 533* - Auditing
• BUSE-H 542 - Advanced Accounting
• BUSE-H 546* - Advanced Corporate Taxation

Choose one course
A maximum of 3 credit hours:

• BUSE-A 506 - Managerial Economics
• BUSE-A 508 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership
• BUSE-B 516 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
• BUSE-B 517 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
• BUSE-C 521 - Marketing Management
• BUSE-C 523 - Systems Decision Theory and Applications

*Cross-listed graduate elective courses are available for graduate students who have not previously taken the undergraduate equivalent. Any undergraduate prerequisite requirements must be met.