Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S., and Business Administration, MBA, Dual Degree

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This dual degree program allows students to earn both a Master of Science in Financial Engineering and FinTech degree and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Belk College of Business.

Admission Requirements

Students must apply to each program separately and be admitted to both programs by the published census date of the third semester (including Summer). No admission requirements established by the Graduate School or by either individual program may be waived. See Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S. and Business Administration, M.B.A. sections of this catalog for individual program admission requirements.

Dual Degree Requirements

Dual degree students must satisfy all individual degree requirements (Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S. and Business Administration, MBA ) with the added benefit of sharing a limited number of credits between the two programs. See the Shared Courses section below for permissible course sharing.

Shared Courses

Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S., Financial Data Analytics Concentration

The Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S. program allows 6 credits to be shared from Business Administration, M.B.A. as follows:

Degree Requirement(s)	MBA Course(s) Allowed	Credits
ECON 6217	ECON 6217	3
STAT 6115	MBAD 6122	3

Business Administration, M.B.A., Quantitative Methods for Business Concentration

The Business Administration, M.B.A. program allows 6 credits to be shared from Financial Engineering and FinTech, M.S. as follows:

Degree Requirement(s)	MBA Course(s) Allowed	Credits
ECON 6112	ECON 6113	3
ECON 6218	ECON 6219	3

Capstone Experiences

The following Capstone Experiences are required:

Master of Business Administration: Students are required to take MBAD 6194 .
M.S. in Financial Engineering and FinTech: Students are required to pass a comprehensive examination. An examining committee is appointed by the Graduate Program Director and is constituted from the program’s faculty. The exam may be, at the committee’s discretion, either written or oral.

Dual Degree Total = 54 Credit Hours

Grade Requirements

Graduate students must have a 3.0 GPA in the courses on their degree plan of study in order to graduate.