Driven by the evolving requirements of the investment industry and designed for practitioners, the Certificates in Risk Management train
participants to appreciate recent, and forthcoming, paradigm shifts and equips them with the conceptual and practical tools to improve the
organization of the investment process and risk management.
Certificate in Foundations of Risk Management
Certificate in Market and Credit Risk Management
Spanning traditional, alternative, and structured investments, and drawing on the latest advances in finance, the Certificates focus on dynamic asset allocation and advanced risk management techniques as well as on the integration of investor needs and constraints in the design of novel solutions for risk management.
This is a non-degree, certificate program of appeal to students in finance, financial advisors, analysts and risk managers. All applicants must have an undergraduate degree before applying with foundations in derivatives, fixed income and statistics to qualify for the Certificates. Students will normally apply for the Foundations of Risk Management Certificate before the Market and Credit Risk Management Certificate.
To apply for any of the Certificate Programs, please submit your resume, statement of purpose and transcripts from any university level programs along with a paper application and a $55 application fee. You may download the application here.
Mail all application documents to:
Graduate Admissions Office
School of Management
University of San Francisco
281 Masonic Avenue, Suite 108
San Francisco, CA 94118
For more information, please contact the Admissions team at management@usfca.edu or 415-422-2221.
The required courses for the Certificate in the
Foundations of RM are listed below:
The courses required for the Certificate in Market and
Credit Risk Management are listed below:
