Investments: Recommended Track for Finance Concentrators

The recommended track for students concentrating in Finance who are interested in a career in Investments requires a minimum of 12 credits beyond the completion of the core (FIN7000 or MBA8510 or completion of the One-year/Two-year Modules). For these students we strongly suggest a course path following the four recommendations as summarized below.

Requirement 1

• FIN7502 Capital Markets (3 credits)

Requirement 2¹

Choose one of the following:

• FIN7503 Equities (3 credits)
• FIN7513 Fixed Income (3 credits)

Requirement 3

Choose one additional course from above OR one of the following:

• FIN7518 Managing Portfolios (3 credits)
• FIN7572 Babson College Fund (6 credits students must apply)

Requirement 4²

Choose one additional course from above OR at least three credits from below.

• FIN7504 Risk Management (3 credits)
• FIN7508 Financial Services and Institutions (3 credits)
• FIN7509 International Finance (1.5 credits)
• FIN7511 Corporate Finance I: Raising Capital (3 credits)
• FIN7516 Corporate Finance II: Evaluating Opportunities (3 credits)
• FIN7517 Financing and Valuing Sustainability (3 credits)
• FIN7519 Personal Financial Management (3 credits)
• FIN7525 Finance for New Ventures (3 credits)
• FIN7565 Real Estate Fundamentals (1.5 credits)
• FIN7570 Real Estate Finance (1.5 credits)
• FIN7573 Investment Banking and Financial Advisory (3 credits)
• FIN7578 Real Estate Development (1.5 credits)

¹ Babson College Fund participants are required to take FIN7503.

² Not applicable for Babson College Fund students because these students satisfy the 12-credit hour concentration requirement with Requirements 1 through 3.

Additional Information

For more information on concentration requirements, including eligibility and the concentration declaration procedure, please see the Graduate Curriculum page.