Message from the Chair
 

"Aloha and Welcome to the Department of Finance. We are one of five academic departments within the Shidler College of Business. We aspire to excellence in teaching and research and seek to maximize the value of your educational experience.

Our goal is to help you create large growth opportunities in pursuing a career in business and specifically in the area of financial management. Within our department we offer 5 tracks of study. The tracks are Business Financial Management, Investments Management, Financial Services and Planning, Asian Finance, and Real Estate Finance.

All of our degree programs are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which is the "gold standard" of business school accrediting bodies. In addition, we have the only program in the State of Hawaii registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.

We believe the time spent studying the field of financial management should pay big dividends in the future and should provide you with a high return on your investment.

Whether you want to choose a major course of study in the Finance area or you want to take a few finance courses to round out your business education we encourage you to look over the course offerings and programs described on our website. And may your options be in-the-money."

Yours truly,

Eric L. Mais
Chair, Department of Finance