Evening & Weekend MBA Program
Finance - Investment Banking
Career Overview: Investment Banking is an umbrella term for a range of activities: underwriting, selling, and trading securities (stocks and bonds); providing financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisition advice; and managing assets.
Competencies: Excellent financial and analytical ability including demonstrated knowledge of negotiation strategies, financial modeling, conducting due diligence, SWOT analysis, and valuation techniques and practices (including cash-flow analysis). Well-developed organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and presentation skills. Ability to develop and maintain productive client relationships, and respond to shifting priorities on several simultaneous projects. Willingness to work long hours, as well as personal flexibility and adaptability, in order to meet client requirements.
Useful Courses:
- EWMBA 211 Game Theory Approaches to Bargaining
- EWMBA 222 Financial Information Analysis
- EWMBA 223 Corporate Financial Reporting
- EWMBA 231 Corporate Financial Management
- EWMBA 232 Money Markets and Financial Institutions
- EWMBA 233 Investments
- EWMBA 236C Global Financial Services
- EWMBA 236E Mergers and Acquisitions
- EWMBA 236F Behavioral Finance
- EWMBA 237 Designing Financial Models that Work
- EWMBA 237 Financial Statement Modeling for Finance Careers
- EWMBA 237 Risk Management
- EWMBA 246A Service Strategy
- EWMBA 247A Managing Professional Services
- EWMBA 283 Real Estate Financing
- EWMBA 295B Venture Capital and Private Equity
Useful Extracurricular Activities:
- Joining the Haas Finance Club
- Networking with others (students, alumni, guest speakers, etc.) to really understand the industry
- Doing a summer internship in investment banking (especially for career changers)
