Finance
Specialization in Private Equity Finance
The Department of Finance has developed a new multi-disciplinary
curriculum in the area of private equity. This curriculum covers the
broad spectrum of private equity investments, including early-and-later
stage venture investing, investing in established private firms, buyouts,
financial restructuring of distressed firms, and private equity financing
by public firms. This specialization prepares students for careers with
investors in private equity funds, private equity fund managers, issuers
of private equity securities, and other important participants in the
private equity market such as commercial banks, investment banks, and
other investment advisors. The specialization is supported by the Hicks,
Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance. For more information
about the private equity finance specialization and the Hicks, Muse,
Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance go the Center’s website:
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/hmtfcenter/.
Curriculum Requirements
FIN 394.1 Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
FIN 397.1 Investment Theory & Practice
Finance Block
FIN 390.1 Financial Markets & Institutions
FIN 394.2 Financial Strategies
FIN 394.4 Financial Management of Small Business
Accounting Block
ACC 380K.7 Financial Statement Analysis
Other Recommended Electives
MAN 384.16 Managing People and Organizations
MAN 384.20 Art and Science of Negotiation
MAN 385.23 Entrepreneurial Process
Link to Finance Specializations
Energy Finance
Real Estate Finance
Corporate Finance
Investment Management
