<p>hi, everyone!! my situation is really complicated. please be patient to read it~~~~</p>
<p>as a international student, i major in EE in undergrade but i'm boring about the programming and circuit. so, i choose industrial engieering as my graduate major. I know IE have to do a lot about programming and maths, but it seems a little easier？
but my real favorite is finance i have listen some courses in business school and i'm sure i love it. but my undergraduate university don't let me to choose any course about finance. So,when i applying the grad, people tell me without the course in finance, no finance dept can accept me.
Now i have the admission from tamu of IE.but i heard that tamu don't let IE graduate student study courses in other department more than 2. In this case, i still don't have opportunity to apply for the finance PHD in top business college such as chicago, which is my dream school.
i also get a offer from ufl, and find out IE departmen has a focus area as risk management and financial engineering. i read the curriculum and see half of them are finance course. </p>
<p>i can learn IE and working in that field for a few years, but my dream is study finance. the ranking of tamu is much higher than ufl, and easier to find job. but consider the courses,
which one should i choose????</p>
<p>any suggestion is welcome!! your advice is very important to me and would be greatly appreciated!!!</p>
<p>gracecream, I don’t know who is telling you that you can’t get into a finance PhD program without taking finance courses as an undergrad but that doesn’t sound right. </p>
<p>Most students in MBA programs do not have BBA’s nor do they have taken finance courses. However, most of the better MBA programs do require a two to four years of work experience prior to admission. (I am using the MBA as an example because most PhD’s in finance get MBA’s in route to getting their PhD’s.)</p>
<p>As for the IE department not allowing you to take more than two courses in other departments, it sounds like you may misinterpreting this. You can probably take as many non-IE courses as you like, however, you can only count two of the non-IE courses toward your degree requirements. </p>
<p>If pursuing a PhD in finance is your dream, then contact the graduate business programs at the schools that you want to attend and talk to them directly rather than getting your advice from third parties. Don’t pursue a graduate degree in IE if a PhD in finance is your dream. Not only will you be settling for your second choice, you will be taking a place in an IE graduate program from someone who really wants to be there.</p>
<p>m1817,Thank you for your advice! I really don’t know that i can apply the finance phd without any related course. But why student ““usually most PhD’s in finance get MBA’s in route to getting their PhD’s”” ??? Does that means MBA is prerequisites for PHD? And what’s the difference between MBA in finance and master of science in finance?</p>
<p>gracecream, an MBA is not a prerequisite for a PhD in business. </p>
<p>PhD’s in business generally fulfill the requirements for an MBA during the course of fulfilling their requirements for a PhD.</p>
<p>The required courses for an MS are more narrowly focused around a single area of business such as accounting. An MS is usually intended for BBA’s who specialize in accounting. There may be schools that offer an MS in finance as well but I am not familiar with them.</p>
<p>The required courses for an MBA assume that you do not have any previous business courses so they are more broadly based to include courses in all business disciplines. The courses required for an MBA are similar to the courses required for a BBA except the material is generally covered in half the time.</p>