Finance

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The Finance major prepares students for careers in corporate finance, investment banking, International finance, financial planning, and wealth management. Students develop a deep understanding of a broad range of topics: financial statement analysis, financial leverage, stock and bond valuation, risk and return in the global capital markets, risk management, portfolio theory and management, security legislation, structure of capital markets, and ethics.

Requirements for the Finance major: Principles of Micro- and Macroeconomics (EC141 and EC142), Business Statistics (BU121), Financial Accounting (AC111), Money and Banking (EC243), Financial Management (FI261), Investments (FI262), and 3 Finance electives (any course with an FI prefix).

Course Sequence Outline

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Please note that some classes in Economics and Business require that students have access to a computer during class time. These courses will be noted below. Students will in some cases be expected to bring a laptop to these classes.