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All College of Business and Economics students must complete the Core Curriculum, as well as the requirements for their major area of study.

Required for all Finance Majors

•   FIN 125: Business Finance

2-Course Foundation Requirement

•   FIN 323: Investments
•   FIN 328: Corporate Financial Policy

2-Course Depth Requirement
Choose two depth electives from the following list of finance offerings:

•   FIN 324: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
•   FIN 330: Financial Markets and Institutions
•   FIN 333: Global Finance
•   FIN 334: Derivatives and Management of Risk
•   FIN 335: Advanced Topics – Financial Management*
•   FIN 336: Real Estate Finance

(* FIN 335: Advanced Topics, has multiple topic areas such as valuation, fixed income, mergers & acquisitions, etc. The course can be repeated if a different subject area is offered.)


2-Course Breadth Requirement
Choose at least two breadth electives within one of the following six breadth tracks:

Track 1:  Analytical Finance
Must take all three courses

• IE 316: Optimization Models and Applications
• IE 339: Stochastic Models and Applications
• MATH 310: Random Processes and Applications

Track 2:  Financial Analysis

• ACCT 315: Financial Accounting I
• ACCT 316: Financial Accounting II

Track 3:  Financial Economics
Take 1 course from each of the course pairs

• ECO 322: Competitor and Market Analysis OR
• ECO 333: Economics of Business Decisions
• ECO 339: International Trade OR
• ECO 340: International Finance

Track 4:  Financial Marketing

• MKT 312: Marketing Research
• MKT 319: Development & Marketing of New Products
• MKT 320: Global Marketing
• MKT 325/ECO 325: Quantitative Marketing Analysis

Track 5:  Financial Mathematics
Take 1 course from each of the course pairs

• MATH 205: Linear Methods OR
• MATH 242: Linear Algebra
• MATH 231: Probability and Statistics OR
• MATH 309: Theory of Probability

Track 6:  Real Estate Valuation Finance
Must take all three courses

• IPRE 301: Case Studies in Real Estate Value Creation
• BUS 347:  Practicum in Real Estate I
• BUS 348:  Practicum in Real Estate II

* FIN 335 Advanced Topics has multiple topic areas such as valuation, fixed income, mergers & acquisitions, etc. The course can be repeated if a different subject area is offered.

For full descriptions of these courses, link to catalog.