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The program will be one of the flagship offerings based in the campus’ new Frank and Marisa Martire Business & Communications Center, a 125,000-square-foot academic building that is currently under construction.
“This new master’s degree was developed out of a response to the changing needs for more analytical, quantitative and finance professionals in the marketplace,” Kwamie Dunbar, assistant professor of finance and the interim director of the new program said in a statement.
“Given our proximity to the financial district in New York City, the hedge fund community within Fairfield County and the prospering business center in Stamford, we find ourselves in a fitting location to offer this type of education. We’ve had a longstanding relationship with the local finance community, and we look forward to working with them even more closely and to contributing more future leaders for their ranks.”
Courses available in the 33-credit degree will include Financial Analysis and Firm Valuation, Advanced Derivatives and Risk Management, Quantitative Finance and Portfolio Management.
Students will also be encouraged to complete an internship under the mentoring of a faculty adviser, in what Dunbar terms “a problem-based learning environment.”
The university intends to hire two new full-time faculty to join the college in support of the program and will admit an initial compliment of 20 students.
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