Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance

at University of Illinois Springfield

The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance is to provide financial service professionals or graduate students aspiring to pursue careers in financial institutions and/or financial management units within for-profit or non-profit organizations, mainly in the Central Illinois area, with knowledge of the managerial aspects of institutional/personal finance.  The graduate-level analytical skills of financial planning, budgeting and risk management are the core areas of knowledge to be covered.