Private Equity Finance Concentration

The Department of Finance has developed a multi-disciplinary curriculum in the area of private equity finance. 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 concentration 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 concentration is supported by the Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance. For more information about the private equity finance concentration and the Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance go to the Center’s website: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/HMTFCenter.

Curriculum Requirements
FIN 286 Valuation (flexible-core)
ACC 287 Performance Management and Control (flexible-core)
FIN 394.1 Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
FIN 397.1 Investment Theory and Practice
It is advised that students take FIN 394.1 and FIN 397.1 during the spring semester of their first year in the MBA program.

Finance Block
FIN 394.2 Financial Strategies
FIN 394.4 Financial Management of Small Business
FIN 390.1 Financial Markets and Institutions

Other Recommended Electives
ACC 380K.7 Financial Statement Analysis
MAN 385 Entrepreneurial Management
MAN 383 Managing People and Organizations
MAN 383 Art and Science of Negotiation