Delve deeper into data and enhance your global perspective on all things finance—while also improving your ability to work effectively on teams as well as independently.
Core Course
Collaboration & Communication #2: Teamwork
This course builds on the skills developed in Communication & Collaboration 1, moving from exploring your personal impact to exploring team impact. You’ll focus on conflict resolution and negotiation and influencing organizational outcomes through team decision making.
Key topics & skills
Team Collaboration
Team Diversity
Team Problem Solving Tools
Conflict Resolution
Negotiation
Bias & Decision Making
Core Course
Data Extraction & Visualization
Financial analysts are increasingly accessing internal and external databases to formulate recommendations based on data analysis. This course will cover extraction of data using SQL and analysis using Excel and Tableau.
Key topics & skills
Relational Databases & Entity Relationship Diagrams
SQL Queries & Data Extractions
Create Data Tables for Specific Analyses
Excel Data Tools
Tableau Data Tools
Core Course
Financial Management
This is the first of two core financial management courses, covering efficient use of working capital, asset utilization, debt and equity decisions, and managing risk.
Key topics & skills
Time Value of Money (Expanded)
Risk & Return and Interest Rates
Bonds & Valuation and the Cost of Capital
Stock & Valuation
Cash Flow Estimation
Core Course
Global Financial Markets
This course encompasses financial markets, their functions, and primary global actors. This course prepares students to work within US financial markets and institutions, then expands the view to international markets and their interrelationships. You’ll look at examples that illustrate the different structures, practices, policies and evolutions, which are shaping financial systems across the global economy.
Key topics & skills
Financial Markets & Institutions
Debt Markets & Stock Markets
Banking Systems and the Role of Government
Foreign Exchange & International Trade
Financial Crises & International Relations
Business Challenge
Business Challenge #2
Put all your newly acquired knowledge and skills directly into practice at the end of each block through a practical and relevant business challenge. Teams will draw on the content and themes of previous courses in each block to complete challenges involving simulations, executive pitch presentations, innovation hackathons, real company challenges, designing new business models, etc.
Key topics & skills
Cross Functional Strategic Decision Making, Planning & Coordination
Analyzing Real & Simulated Business Cases
Team Leadership & Dynamics
Courses and challenges subject to change
Download Brochure
Download a brochure for an in-depth look at Hult’s master’s programs.