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The program in finance starts with an integrative perspective of the role of the global financial manager within the corporation, and it addresses the manner in which finance interacts with the other business disciplines in performing core functions of financial planning and control, analyzing investment alternatives, and raising funds. Finance concentrators learn to value projects and firms in a variety of contexts including, for example, private equity and distressed debt. The program also offers students an opportunity to learn about asset management and sales and trading including the construction of quantitative equity strategies and the construction and evaluation of endowment and private wealth portfolios. The program is designed to prepare students for a diverse set of possible career paths in finance. Recent McIntire graduates with a finance concentration have gone on to work, for example, for investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, asset management firms, and endowment funds. International financial topics are incorporated throughout the finance concentration.