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For more information about the Finance department, faculty and special programs, please see the departmental webpage.

For information about careers in Finance, see What Can I Do With A Major In Finance.

The following courses are required for Finance, Investment, and Banking major. For detailed course descriptions, please consult the Course Guide.

NOTE: 

These requirements apply only to students entering the School of Business in the Fall 2005 semester, or thereafter, and they are different from the requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.  To confirm your specific requirements, or for students who were admitted to the Business School prior to Fall 2005, please refer to your DARS report.
 

Finance Course Sequence/Pre-requisites

Finance majors should be aware of enforced pre-requisites for the various Finance courses.  These are listed in the Timetable as well as the Course Guide.  A summary of the Finance pre-requisites can also be found here.

If registered for statistics as a co-requisite, that class cannot be dropped without also dropping the finance course .
 

Major Requirements

  Course # Course Title Cr.
1. Math 213 Calculus and Intro to Differential Equations 3
 

OR

   
  Math 222 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 5
2. Gen Bus 304 Intermediate Business Statistics 3
 

OR

   
  Act Sci 654 Seminar in Actuarial Science 3
 

OR

   
  Econ 410 Introduction to Econometrics 4
 

OR

   
  Stat 310 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics 4
 

OR

   
  Stat 312 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics 4
 

OR

   
  Stat 333 Applied Regression Analysis 3
3. Acct I S 301 Financial Reporting I 3
4. Finance 300 Introduction to Finance (core course requirement) 3
5. Finance 320 Investment Theory 3
6. Finance 325 Corporation Finance 3
7. Finance 330 Derivative Securities 3
8. Finance 305 Financial Markets, Institutions & Econ. Activity 3
 

OR

   
  Econ 301 Intermediate Micro. Theory 4
 

OR

   
  Econ 302 Intermediate Macro. Theory 4
 

OR

   
  Econ 311 Intermediate Micro. Theory - Math. Treatment 4
 

OR

   
  Econ 312 Intermediate Macro. Theory - Math. Treatment 3
 

OR

   
  Econ 330 Money and Banking 4
 

OR

   
  Econ 411 Advanced Micro Theory 4
9. Complete one 3-credit Finance course numbered above 400. When experimental courses are offered under the number Finance 365, they may also be used to satisfy this requirement.