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 101ACCOUNTING I

4

ACC 201ACCOUNTING II

4

ECO 248INTRO FINANC INSTIT & MARKETS

4

ECO 324CORPORATE FINANCE

4

  

MAT 112CALC B: DERIVATIVES/INTEGRALS

4

or

MAT 113CALC C: INTEGRALS AND SERIES

4

or

MAT 212MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS

4

 

STA 107INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

4

or

STA 121CC: SOC STATS THRU SOC JUSTICE

4

or

STA 206STATISTICAL METHODS

4

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

ECO 230ECONOMETRICS I

4

ECO 249MONEY AND BANKING

4

ECO 255BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

4

ECO 301FINANCIAL SPECULATION

4

ECO 311INTERNATIONAL TRADE

4

ECO 330INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

4

ECO 332OPEN MACRO: EMERGING ECONOMIES

4

ECO 350MONEY/BANKING IN DOMESTIC ECON

4

MAT 108MATHEMATICS OF MONEY

4

MAT 225ORDINARY DIFF EQUATIONS

4

MAT 316PROBABILITY

4

STA 209INTRO 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