Corporate finance studies how businesses manage their financial state with assets and liabilities. This consists of internal concerns and interactions with stockholders. Some subjects studied include risk, valuation, stocks and dividends. Career options in this field include banking and risk management.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.

Part-time learning allows one to obtain a degree or qualification even if one cannot attend school on a full-time basis. One can learn at one's own pace, gradually accumulating credits that count towards a final qualification.