MSF FALL 2017 ENROLLMENT

Enrollment Period

All FIN courses have seats held for MSF students but space is limited,
especially in Cases in Corporate Strategy, Financial modeling and the
MSFE classes.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NO HOLDS ON YOUR ACCOUNT

Registration will open on April 10, 2017.

How many classes do you need to register for?
Program requirements
Required courses (8 credit hours)
Finance Electives (20+ hours)
Other Electives (12+ hours)
Min cumulative GPA: 3.0
This means many of you do not need to take 16 credit hours
but you can take up to 20 credits as in all previous semesters.
Tuition is the same regardless of how many hours you are
registered for.
You may register for less than 12 hours since it is your final
semester.
Especially as many of you will be taking the Practicum Project
and taking part in the Case Competition your time will be
limited.
Advice: balance job search/extra curricular work with
academic responsibilities. Consider taking non-standard
classes.
Fall scholarships
We anticipate funds will be available for a small number (< 10)
of scholarships for the fall term. Decisions will be based off
you cumulative/spring GPA and other qualifying
considerations.
Scholarships are typically $7,000.
Decisions will be made after the spring term and notifications
will go out in June.
Class CRN SN Name Prof Day Time Notes
432 41642 A4 Managing Fin Risk for Insurers Davis MW 1100--1220
447 64831 T4 Real Estate Development Cannaday TR 1530--1650
512 41693 F Financial Derivatives Widdicks MW 1400--1520
514 66394 A Financial Engineering II Widdicks MW 1230-1350
516 58387 A Term Structure Models Widdicks MW 1100--1220 MSFE class
518 66735 A Financial Modeling Oltheten TR 0930--1050 Application required
521 60180 A ACF Weisbenner MW 0800--0920
521 60181 C ACF Weisbenner MW 0930--1050
522 68319 A Cases in Financial Strategy Xuan TR 1230--1350 NEW SEMESTER
527 68226 D Mergers and Acquisitions Topics Almeida MW 1100--1220 2 credits second half
530 58397 RM Foundations in Risk Mgmt Davis MW 0800--0930 2 credits second half
541 29855 R Real Estate Fundamentals Cannaday TR 1230--1350
544 67125 N Real Estate Valuation Sianis MW 1100--1220
545 67123 REI Real Estate Investments Chinco TR 0930--1050
562 40324 P Macrofinance TBC MW 1100--1220 NEW CLASS
563 67137 P Investment Banking TBC TR 1100--1220
566 68314 MSF Market Microstructure Theory Clark-Joseph MW 1400--1520 NEW CLASS
568 67128 F Behavioral Finance Weisbenner MW 1530--1650 2 credits second half
568 67127 GMT Behavioral Finance Weisbenner MW 1400--1520 2 credits second half
575 63327 D Business Tax Policy Fullerton MW 0930--1050
578 65249 B Govt Market Economy Fullerton MW 0930--1050
579 60753 N Applied Portfolio Mgmt Waspi TR 0930--1050 Application required
580 58447 GMT Microeconomic Theory Miller MW 1100--1250 PhD Class
580 66393 ADF Advanced Futures Peterson TR 1400--1520
580 50081 BD1 Big Data Analysis Molitor MW 0800--0920 NEW SEMESTER
580 48173 BD2 Big Data Analysis Molitor MW 0930--1050 NEW SEMESTER
580 62063 CWM Cases in Wealth Management Raskie TR 1400--1520 2 credits second half
580 61970 FE Practical Asset Allocation Gambera R 1800--2050 MSFE in CHICAGO
580 65522 OPT Option Trading and Market Making Natenberg R 1800--2050 MSFE in CHICAGO
580 60270 WM Wealth Management Raskie TR 1400--1520 2 credits first half
592 58360 EA1 Empirical Analysis in Finance Choi MW 0930--1050 PhD Class
594 39676 B2 Seminar in Corporate Finance Almeida W 1100--1350 PhD Class
MSFE Notes
We have the opportunity to take some seats in MSFE classes,
but their students will receive priority.
All of these classes will have very limited seats
Two of the MSFE classes are in Chicago on Thursday evening.
Practical Asset Allocation
Option Trading and Market Making
We will arrange for travel if you wish to attend these classes.
However, the bus will leave Champaign at XXXX on Thursdays.
All MSFE classes will appear closed, contact Sandy if you wish
to attend these classes.
Practicum project
Many of you, especially on the Asset Management and
Corporate Finance track will be very interested in the
Practicum project.
This is an 8-12 week project that takes place during Fall
semester(completion by early December)
Teams made up of 4-6 MSF students and most teams spend at
least a portion of the engagement duration on site at the client.
Each project will be worth 4 credit hours.
As there is no regular scheduled class times, registration for the
project will not happen in the usual way as there is no room
limits.
More details will be provided tomorrow and we hope to have
another information session later in the semester.
Additional Electives Fall 2016
ACCY 500: Accounting Measuremnt, Reporting & Control (one
section reserved for MSF)
ACCY 517: Financial Statement Analysis (requires approval)
Possibly courses in Economics, Math, Stats, Business
Administration and others based on your specialization and/or
interest.
You can take 3XX classes if you will meet credit requirements
(e.g Math, CS etc.)
Specializations
Corporate Finance
Asset Management
Quantitative Finance
Finance Research (PhD track)

Please arrange an appointment with me to discuss:

Commercial Banking
Risk Management and Insurance
Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
How do I get a specialization?

Specializations will be awarded to students who:

Complete at least 12 credit hours (including the prerequisite
elective) in the chosen area.
Achieve a B or better in all courses and an A in at least one of
them.
Students satisfying these requirements receive an official
letter from their Director as evidence of their specialization.
Note: Students may specialize in only one track.
Corporate Finance: Classes

Essential
Advanced Corporate Finance (4 credits)
Highly Recommended (if not taken already)
Practicum Project (4 credits)
ACCY 517: Financial Statement Analysis (4 credits)
FIN522: Cases in Corporate Strategy (4 credits)
FIN563: Investment Banking (4 credits)
FIN518: Financial Modeling (4 credits)
FIN527: Mergers and Acquisitions (2 credits)
Recommended
FIN562: Macrofinance (4 credits)
FIN580 BD: Big Data Analysis (4 credits)
FIN580 BF: Behavioral Finance (2 credits)
FIN580RM : Foundations in Risk Management (2 credits)
FIN512: Financial Derivatives (4 credits)
Asset Management: Classes
Highly Recommended (if not already taken):
Practicum Project (4 credits)
FIN512: Financial Derivatives (4 credits)
FIN 518: Financial Modeling (4 credits)
FIN563: Investment Banking (4 credits)
FIN579: Applied Portfolio Management (may be taken twice) (4 credits)
Recommended
FIN545: Real Estate Investments (4 credits)
FIN562: Macrofinance (4 credits)
FIN566: Market Microstructure and Trading (4 credits)
FIN580 ADF: Advanced Futures (4 credits)
FIN580 BD: Big Data Analysis (4 credits)
FIN580 FE: Practical Asset Allocation (MSFE class) (4 credits)
FIN580 WM: Wealth Management (2 hours)
FIN580 CWM: Cases in WM (2 hours)
FIN592: Empirical Analysis in Finance (PhD class) (4 credits)
Quantitative Finance: Classes
Highly Recommended:
FIN 514: Financial Engineering II
FIN 516: Term structure models (MSFE class, FIN 514 required)
FIN 566: Market Microstructure and Trading
FIN 580 OPT: Option Trading and Market Making (MSFE Class)
FIN580 BD: Big Data Analysis
Recommended
Practicum Project
FIN 518: Financial Modeling
FIN 580 ADF: Advanced Futures
FIN 580 FE: Practical Asset Allocation (MSFE Class)
FIN 592: Empirical Analysis in Finance
Finance research

Recommended classes:
FIN592: Empirical Analysis in Finance
FIN594: Seminar in Corporate Finance
FIN580 GMT: General Microeconomic Theory
ECON536: Applied Econometrics
STAT429: Time Series Analysis
ENROLLMENT ISSUES AND PROCEDURES

If you cannot enroll in ANY section of an MSF course, send an

email to Sandy Schaefer (schaefr@illinois.edu)
Check online for schedule updates: https://my.illinois.edu

Tomorrows session: 3:30, 66 Library. I will talk through more

details about the classes available and the Practicum. Faculty
will be there to talk about their classes
You will have a chance to ask questions about courses and
specializations.

Advising sessions: sign up to ask me any questions:

https://my.business.illinois.edu/advising/