Finance Major

Program Description

The Finance Major is designed for the student who would like a career in corporate finance, banking, venture capital, or the financial markets. Due to the quantitative nature of the field, a substantial background in mathematics is required.

Program Learning Outcomes

– Students will be able to identify, collect, synthesize and present relevant publicly-available information and conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis of a company’s financial performance and valuation.

– Students will learn and be able to present different project valuation techniques and criteria used for project acceptance/rejection decisions and how to apply the appropriate cost of capital to projects.

– Students will be able to analyze and present financial decisions made by various types of firms in real life business environment and relate these decisions to theoretical concepts covered in the classroom.

– Students will learn different security valuation techniques and selection criteria for different sources of capital. They will learn how to calculate a company’s cost of capital and ways to minimize it.

Business Core Description

The Business Core covers a set of foundational required courses in business academic programs. These courses are designed to provide students with a broad understanding of various business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, organizational behavior, business ethics, and business law.

By completing the Business Core requirements, students will have a solid foundation in business that can help them succeed in their future careers or pursue further education in specialized business areas.

Business Core Requirements

Business Core – Required for all business students (39 units)

1. MGT 101 – Discovering  Business
2. ACC 201 – Principles of Financial Accounting 
3. ACC 202 – Principles of Managerial Accounting 
4. ECO 200 – Macroeconomics     
5. ECO 201 – Microeconomics
6. FIN 220 – Principles of Finance
7. MCM 233 – Business Communication
8. MGT 206 – Business Law
9. MGT 213 – Supply Chain Operations
10. MGT 217 – Organizational Behavior 
11. MGT 227 – Business Ethics
12. MKT 216 – Principles of Marketing
13. MTH 251 – Statistics

Senior Capstone – Required for all business students (3 units)

  1. MGT 400 – Strategic Management Capstone

Finance Major

Required courses (12 units)

1. FIN 321 – Advanced Corporate Finance (Fall, Spring)
2. FIN 330 – Investments (Fall, Spring)
3. FIN 335 – Financial Modeling (Fall, Spring)
4. FIN 336 – Money and Capital Markets (Fall, Spring)

Required internship (6 units)

1. INT 499 – Internship in Major Field (Summer)

Elective courses (12 units) -> choose 4 courses from the following 

1. FIN 306/ECO 306 – Behavioral Finance and Economics (Spring)
2. FIN 431 – Investment Funds Management (Fall)
3. FIN 433/RLS 433 – Real Estate Finance (Spring)
4. FIN 438/INB 308 – International Finance (Fall)
5. FIN 442 – Entrepreneurial Finance (Fall, Spring)
6. FIN 465 – Financial Futures, Swaps, & Options Decrypted (Fall, Spring)
7. FIN S – Special Topics (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Additional Information

Ideal Jobs

– Corporate Financial Officer (Treasurer/ Controller/CFO)
– Financial Reporting Manager
– Financial Planner
– Analyst at an Investment Bank, Consulting Company, Government Regulatory Agency 
– Financial Technology Analyst
– Trader/Stockbroker
– Investment Manager

Average Income: $71,631*

*US National Career Data

Degree requirements

Finance Degree Program requirements (Prior to Fall 2021) (PDF)

Finance Degree Program requirements (Fall 2021 and later) (PDF)

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