Finance Minor

The interdisciplinary minor in finance is available to students wishing to develop a broad understanding of financial principles and topics related to the financial sector.  Through this minor, students will come to understand the fundamental principles of finance and learn many techniques for financial assets valuation, investment project assessment, and risk analysis.

Coursework

The minor consists of seven courses. 

 

Students must take six of the following courses:

ACC 101	ACCOUNTING I	4
ACC 201	ACCOUNTING II	4
ECO 248	INTRO FINANC INSTIT & MARKETS	4
ECO 324	CORPORATE FINANCE	4
MAT 112	CALC B: DERIVATIVES/INTEGRALS	4
	or
MAT 113	CALC C: INTEGRALS AND SERIES	4
	or
MAT 212	MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS	4
STA 107	INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS	4
	or
STA 121	CC: SOC STATS THRU SOC JUSTICE	4
	or
STA 206	STATISTICAL METHODS	4

In addition, students must complete one of the following electives:

ECO 230	ECONOMETRICS I	4
ECO 249	MONEY AND BANKING	4
ECO 255	INTRO TO BEHAVIORAL FINANCE	4
ECO 301	FINANCIAL SPECULATION	4
ECO 311	INTERNATIONAL TRADE	4
ECO 330	INTERNATIONAL FINANCE	4
ECO 332	OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES	4
ECO 350	MONEY/BANKING IN DOMESTIC ECON	4
MAT 108	MATHEMATICS OF MONEY	4
MAT 225	ORDINARY DIFF EQUATIONS	4
MAT 316	PROBABILITY	4
STA 209	INTRO TO TIME SERIES ANALYSIS	4

Additional courses, including appropriate individual studies, may be counted toward the minor with approval of the adviser.  Since only one course may be counted toward both a major and a minor, students completing this minor may need to take additional courses if they also wish to major in economics.  Students majoring in economics may not count ECO 230 toward the minor.

Cruz-Saco, Howes, McKenna, Mukerji, Chavanne, Lopez-Anuarbe, Stelzner