Digital Finance MBA
Study Plan
Digital Finance MBA offers a curriculum that has core basics in finance and IT in addition to data science knowledge. After cultivating insights and skills in digital and data analytics on a solid quantitative training, the students are to strengthen their expertise in following areas in the second year:
Industry-Specialized Training
- AI & Data Science Concentration
- FinTech Startup Concentration
- Investment and Asset Management Concentration
Program Requirement
| General Path | General Mandatory | Major Mandatory | Electives | Research | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-thesis | 3 | 21 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 42 |
Course Offerings
| Course Number | Course Name | Course Type | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAF500 | Ethics and Social Responsibility of Finance | Mandatory | 1.5 |
| BAF501 | Corporate Finance | Mandatory | 3.0 |
| BAF502 | Financial Accounting | Mandatory | 3.0 |
| BAF504 | Investment Analysis | Mandatory | 3.0 |
| BAF507 | Financial Databases | Mandatory | 1.5 |
| BAF521 | Digital Finance Programming | Mandatory | 3.0 |
| BAF522 | Financial Data Analytics | Mandatory | 3.0 |
| BAF523 | Financial Data Mining | Mandatory | 1.5 |
| BAF524 | Fintech Startup and New Business Development | Mandatory | 1.5 |
| BAF525 | Digital Finance Case Analysis and Business Model Development | Mandatory | 1.5 |
| BAF670 | Artificial Intelligence and Recommendation System | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF671 | Startup and Law | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF672 | Digital Business Strategy | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF673 | Algorithmic Trading and High Frequency Finance | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF674 | Cloud Computing and Unstructured Data Analysis | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF675 | Financial Big Data Analysis | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF676 | Blockchain Technology and Application Service | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF677 | Fintech M&A | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF678 | Management of Derivatives and Trading Strategy | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF679 | Quant and Factor Investment Strategy | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF680 | Pension Fund Management Strategy and Performance Evaluation | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF806 | Special Topics in Digital Finance | Elective | 1.5 |
| BAF807 | Special Topics in Fintech | Elective | 1.5 |
| BAF808 | Advanced Topics in Digital Finance | Elective | 3.0 |
| BAF961 | Field Application Project Research | Research | 3.0 |
| BAF968 | Global Finance Field Research | Research | 1.5 |
Contact : Byun, HyeKyoung ( byonhk@kaist.ac.kr )
