{"id":527,"date":"2022-06-13T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/adminsc\/?page_id=527"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:23:04","slug":"ms-financial-management-international-finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/adminsc\/programs\/financial-management\/program-overview\/ms-financial-management-international-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"MS in Financial Management, International Finance Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"\/adminsc\/programs\/financial-management\/program-overview\/ms-financial-management\/\">Master of Science in Financial Management (MSFM)<\/a> concentration in International Finance at Boston University\u2019s Metropolitan College (MET) is designed for professionals whose work involves multinational corporations and global financial markets. The International Finance concentration will address corporate questions pertaining to foreign exchange risk, transaction and translation exposure, and corporate strategy and foreign direct investment, ensuring that you are qualified for jobs in areas of worldwide credit risk evaluation, quantitative strategies for global security selection, risk measurement and mitigation, cash management, and the impact of foreign exchange rates on the cost of capital and budgeting.<\/p>\n<p>Students who complete the Financial Management master\u2019s degree concentration in International Finance will be able to demonstrate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proficiency in multinational finance quantitative analysis, including international trade and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to apply mathematical and statistical modeling in financial analytics in the context of multinational financial management.<\/li>\n<li>Mastery in forecasting techniques to the analysis of problems of multinational business organizations and performance.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to utilize financial statements and foreign exchange derivative instruments to assess and manage currency transactional and translational risk.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge and ability to perform data organization, analysis, and visualization for global finance decision-making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Qualifying international students in F-1 status are also entitled to <strong>Curricular Practical Training (CPT)<\/strong>, a type of employment\/internship authorization, after completing two consecutive full-time semesters of study in the program.<br \/>\n<!--\n[collapsible heading=\"Curriculum\" elem=\"h2\" open=\"true\"]\nA total of 40 credits is required.\n\n\n<h3>Core Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n(Four courses\/16 credits)\n[bu-course-feed format=\"met\" include=\"METAD630,METAD678,METAD685,METAD731\"]\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container\" id=\"{{department}}{{course_num}}\">\n\t\n\n<h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\"><span 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<strong>Please note:<\/strong> graduate-level elective courses may also be selected from other Metropolitan College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/faculty\/departments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">departments<\/a> or other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University schools and colleges<\/a>, with an advisor\u2019s approval. \n\nMetropolitan College electives may include:\n\n[bu-course-feed format=\"met\" include=\"METAD605,METAD610,METAD642,METAD644,METAD648,METAD680,METAD715,METAD741,METCJ632,METCS555\"]\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container\" id=\"{{department}}{{course_num}}\">\n\t\n\n<h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\"><span class=\"adminsc-course-id\">{{college}} {{department}} {{course_num}}<\/span><span class=\"adminsc-course-title\">{{title}}<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\t\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"cf-course-description\" style=\"margin-top: 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