MASTER OF SCIENCECorporate Financial Management

 

 

Programme courses

​PARIS courses


SPECIALISATION TRACKS:

> Fund Raising & Innovative Investments

> Financial Advisory


 ​SEMESTER ONE

Accounting prerequisites*, 0 credit
Corporate finance prerequisites*, 0 credit
Excel prerequisites, 0 credit

CORE COURSES
    • Capital Budgeting, 2 credits
    • Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, 2 credits
    • Corporate Valuation Methods, 2 credits
    • Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 2 credits
    • Corporate Treasury Management, 2 credits
    • Financial Reporting and Analysis, 2 credits
    • Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing, 2 credits
TOOLS
  • Python & Algorithm Design, 2 credit
  • Career Management 1, 1 credit
  • Responsible Leadership, 1 credit
  • Power BI and AI, 1 credit
  • Bloomber seminar, 0 credit​​

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 1: 21 credits


  SEMESTER TWO

CORE COURSES
    • M&A and Corporate Restructuring, 3 credits
    • Reporting for Control & Performance Management; 2 credits
    • Financial Risk Management, 2 credits

TOOLS
    • VBA, 2 credits
    • Excel Financial Modelling, 2 credits
    • Data Analysis (R programming), 1 credit

TRACK 1 : FUND RAISING AND INNOVATIVE INVESTMENTS 
    • Private Equity, 2 credits
    • Blockchain in the Financial Ecosystem, 2 credits
    • Investment and Corporate Banking, 2 credits
    • Fintech and Cryptocurrencies, 1 credit
    • Alternative Business Funding, 1 credit
    • AI in Finance: Ethics and Regulation, 1 credit

TRACK 2: FINANCIAL ADVISORY
    • Core Consulting Skills, 2 credits
    • Financial Consulting, 2 credits
    • Strategic Due Diligence, 2 credits
    • Financial Due Diligence, 2 credits
    • AI in Financial Digital Transformation, 2 credits

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 2: 21 credits
    • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dissertation, 18 credits

TOTAL FULL YEAR: 60 credits



SUZHOU courses


SPECIALISATION TRACK:

> Digital Finance and Fintech 




  SEMESTER ONE

Accounting prerequisites*, 0 credit
Corporate finance prerequisites*, 0 credit

CORE COURSES
    • Capital Budgeting, 2 credits
    • Financial Reporting and Analysis, 2 credits
    • Money, Banking and International Finance, 2 credits
    • Operational Risks Management, 2 credits
    • Corporate Treasury Management, 2 credits
    • Power BI and AI, 1 credit
    • Chinese language, 1 credit
    • Career Management, 1 credit
    • Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, 2 credits
    • Corporate Valuation Methods, 2 credits
    • Doing Business in China, 1 credit
    • Applied Research in Finance​**

TOOLS
    • Excel Financial Modelling , 1 credit
    • VBA 1, 1 credit
    • Programming with Python I, 1 credit

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 1: 21 credits


  SEMESTER TWO

CORE COURSES
    • M&A and Corporate Restructuring Strategy, 2 credits
    • Financial Risk Management, 2 credits
    • Financial Modelling II, 2 credits
    • Fintech Venture, 2 credits
    • Cybersecurity, Privacy and Regtech for Finance, 2 credits
    • Governance and Sustainable Finance, 2 credits
    • Blockchain and Cryptocurency, 2 credits
    • Programming with Python II, 2 credits
    • Reporting for Control & Performance Management, 2 credits

TRACK: DIGITAL FINANCE AND FINTECH
    • Digital Job Market Opportunities, 1 credit
    • Chinese, 1 credit
    • Employability & Career 2, 1 credit

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 2: 21 credits

    • Dissertation 18 credits

TOTAL FULL YEAR: 60 credits

 



SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS courses


SPECIALISATION TRACK:

  > Private Equity and Alternative Investment


SEMESTER ONE***

PRE-SCHOOLING
    • Accounting
    • Money, Banking & International Finance
    • Capital Structure and Dividend Policy
    • Capital Budgeting

CORE COURSES
    • Capital Budgeting, 2 credits
    • Power BI and AI, 1 credit
    • Applied Research in Finance, 2 credits
    • Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, 1 credit
    • Money, Banking and International Finance, 2 credits
    • Governance and Sustainable Finance, 2 credits
    • Corporate Treasury Management, 2 credits
    • Corporate Valuation Methods​, 2 credits
    • Career Management 1, 1 credit
    • Financial Reporting and Analysis, 2 credits

SEMINARS
  • Alternative Investment Seminar
  • Banking Seminar
  • M&A Seminar
  • Private Equity Seminar

ELECTIVE TOOLS (choose two among)
    • Financial Modelling I (Excel), 2 credits
    • Derivatives, 2 credits
    • Python 1​, 2 credits

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 1, 21 credits


  SEMESTER 2
 
CORE COURSES
    • M&A and Corporate Restructuring Strategy, 3 credits
    • Fixed Income, 2 credits
    • Career Management, 0 credit

ELECTIVE TOOLS (choose four)
    • Data Analysis (R programming), 2 credits
    • Venture Capital, 2 credits
    • Financial Modelling II (VBA), 2 credits
    • Python II, 2 credits
    • Quantitative Modelling of the Value at Risk, 2 credits
    • Real Estate, 2 credits
    • Hedge Funds​, 2 credits

TRACK: PRIVATE EQUITY AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT
    • Investment and Corporate Banking, 3 credits
    • Private equity, 3 credits
    • Portfolio Management​, 2 credits
Professional seminars
    • Fintech seminar
    • ​Crowdfunding seminar

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 2: 21 credits
    • Dissertation, 18 credits

TOTAL FULL YEAR: 60 credits



BELO HORIZONTE courses**


SPECIALISATION TRACK

  > Financial Risk Management (FRM certificate preparation)


SEMESTER ONE***

Excel prerequisites, 0 credit
Corporate financecel prerequisites*, 0 credit

CORE COURSES
    • Capital Budgeting, 2 credits
    • Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, 2 credits
    • Corporate Valuation Methods, 2 credits
    • Financial Markets and Products, 2 credits
    • Financial Reporting and Analysis, 2 credits
    • Power BI&AI, 1 credit
    • Governance and Sustainable Finance/ESG certification, 2 credits
    • Career Management 1, 1 credit
    • Blockchain and Crypto Assets​, 2 credits

THESIS COMPULSORY CORE COURSE (choose one)
    • Applied Research in Finance online, 1 credit

ELECTIVE COURSES (choose one)
  • FRM Training, 2 credits
  • Excel Financial Modelling, 2 credits
  • Portuguese language, 0 credit

TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 1: 21 credits


SEMESTER TWO

Introduction to Finance, 0 credit
Excel prerequisites, 0 credit

CORE COURSES
    • M&A and Corporate Restructuring Strategy, 3 credits
    • Foundations of Risk Management, 2 credits
    • Quantitative Analysis, 2 credits
    • Emerging Markets Opportunities, 2 credits
    • Sustainability and Climate Risk, 1 credit
    • Climate Change and Impact Investing, 1 credit
    • Risk Management and Investment Management, 2 credits​
    • Valuation and Risk Models, 2 credits
    • Career Management, 0 credit

TRACK: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT 
    • Financial Modelling II, 2 credits
    • FRM Training, 2 credits
    • Optional : Portuguese language

OPTIONAL (choose one)
    • ​Credit Risk Measurement and Management, 2 credits​
    • Programming with Python, 2 credits


TOTAL CREDITS SEMESTER 2: 21 credits
    • Dissertation, 18 credits

TOTAL FULL YEAR: 60 credits

Internships or research projects: 
The MSc consists of two semesters (eight months) in class followed by a four- to six-month internship in a company or a research project under the supervision of a SKEMA research centre for at least four months. The internship or
research project will be the basis for the thesis.



* Mandatory for students without financial background
** A student who has done his/her first semester on the Belo Horizonte campus and has achieved all the degree criteria will be awarded the Brazilian CFM certificate. 
*** Level 1 VBA and Python are offered for spring intakers 

These details are for information only and may be changed by the school without prior notice.



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