Students of MBA (Financial Services) Program offered by Dalhousie University take 10 core MBA courses plus 4 Financial Services courses:

Core Courses

All students complete these 10 core courses:
BUSI 5103: Accounting
BUSI 5503: Quantitative Decision Making
BUSI 5511: Managing Information Systems
BUSI 5703: Business Economics
BUSI 5801: International Business
BUSI 6207: Advanced Corporate Finance
BUSI 6326: Management Skills Development
BUSI 6410: Advanced Marketing
BUSI 6900: Corporate Social Responsibility
BUSI 6990: Strategic Leadership and Change

Financial Services Specialization Coursework

Develop practical and relevant skills and knowledge for the financial services workplace. One will advance critical analysis and decision-making skills, and deepen understanding and ability to have positive impact in managerial and client service roles.

The combination of our exceptional faculty and the real-life experience of affiliates have created the best MBA program in India to meet the needs of working financial services professionals seeking an advanced degree.


BUSI 6230: Investments and Money Management
Offering an overview of modern investment and portfolio theory and its application to wealth management, this class offers the technical and operational skills one will need to work effectively in this area. Specifically, much of the class work compares and contrasts theoretical approaches to investing with the activities of money managers on the street.

BUSI 6255: Global Markets and Institutions
This introduction to global finance offers a theoretical grounding in a range of related topics including financial institutions and markets and their impact on the global economy. Theory is applied to reality throughout this class.

BUSI 6300: Risk Management for Financial Institutions
A comprehensive survey of both enterprise and financial risk management, this class will take through the essential approaches to identifying, assessing and managing risk exposures. Specifically, we look at operational, strategic and reputational risk, as well as the COSO framework for risk integration. We also look at derivative-related hedging concepts.

BUSI 6601: Legal Aspects of Governance and Risk Management
This class focuses on legal compliance from the perspective of managing risk, providing with a legal foundation including torts, contracts and interventions by equity, insurance and business associations. Meanwhile, the class takes a ‘real world’ look at the ethics and practice of corporate governance.

Contact Detail:
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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