Students also experience the dynamics of global competitiveness as they interact with students from around the world. GSIA is the world leader in globally dispersed, interactive learning for graduate business education. We take pride in our well-deserved reputation for the rich collection of electives we offer and for continually updating our courses. The finance courses in the MSIA program develop excellent professional expertise, and the school has an outstanding reputation among firms and recruiters in the field of finance. In the Corporate Finance course, for example, students are introduced to, among other things, the effect of market imperfections on corporate decision making.
Options is a course that deals with arbitrage, trading strategies and option pricing.
Through partnerships with leading international universities, students have the opportunity to interact and trade in real time with students engaged in similar programs in several countries. Founded on the principles of experiential global learning, the FAST program combines finance theory with actual trading experience to provide a unique transition from classroom to practice. During the later phases of the program, students will have the opportunity to work closely with research teams in investment houses on problems of relevance to practice, gaining skills that are directly usable on the trading floor. The cornerstone of the program is the FAST trading room, where students explore the latest in trading technology. The trading room also contains sophisticated educational software which transforms the room into a live market, enabling GSIA students to trade in markets ranging from stocks and bonds to options on currency swaps.