Finance

DeGroote’s PhD in Finance provides you with the opportunity to work with leading researchers on issues in corporate finance, capital markets, derivatives, and other topics critical to the finance profession. Through mentoring, coursework and a wide variety of research and teaching opportunities, you will learn the craft of academic finance research.  

The finance specialization is designed for  students with a solid master’s level training in finance, economics, mathematics, physics, engineering, or related subjects. It’s suited for students who wish to pursue academic careers or research-related opportunities in the financial industry or the public sector. 

Strong quantitative skills are required. 

Required Courses 

• B790 – Seminar on Management Theory 

Five Finance PhD courses: 

• F770 – Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods 
• F771 – Financial Economics I 
• F772 – Financial Economics II 
• F773 – Empirical Methods in Finance 
• F774 – Seminar in Corporate Finance 

Five courses from the Department of Economics: 

• 721 – Microeconomic Theory I 
• 761 – Econometrics I 
• 762 – Econometrics II
• 769 – Advanced Microeconometrics

One course from the following list:

• BUSINESS A772 – Seminar in Financial Accounting Research
• ECON 722 – Microeconomic Theory II
• ECON 723 – Macroeconomic Theory I
• STATS 780 – Data Science
• STATS 790 – Statistical Learning
• ECON 784 – Industrial Organization
• BUSINESS Q782 – Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control
• BUSINESS Q783 – Game Theory and Decision Analysis
• BUSINESS Q774 – Optimization and Machine Learning with Big Data

Students are also allowed to take one additional 700-level course in Business, Economics or Mathematics, to be determined in consultation with your supervisor.