Investment Management and Analysis

Learn the art of successful investment strategy, balancing risk and return, using time-tested systems of analysis, and avoiding biases that stand in the way of smart decisions. Learn how value investing helped create intelligent investment decisions by investors like Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett on their ways to massive wealth. Also, discover what alternative investments are out there other than stocks and bonds – commodities and gold, to name a few. Whether you’re handling a company’s retirement funds or investing corporate assets, you’ll benefit from courses like Behavioral Finance, Security Analysis and the Science and Art of Investing. 

Our courses are taught by proven experts in the investment field, who help UCLA Extension students develop an analytical approach with a technical understanding of growth and profitability. Advanced topics mean fellow students are also working financial professionals, which offers valuable networking opportunities as a bonus to the new skills you’ll acquire.

Format: This certificate can be completed 100% online or in-person. 

Duration: Complete the program in as little as 6 months. Typical pace is one year. Start any quarter.