Finance Minor

A Finance Minor allows students to gain a well-rounded understanding of the financial world and demonstrate knowledge and skills associated with managing money, working with investments, and solving financial problems. (1, 2)

Crimson Core:

Students must complete one of the Probability and Statistics courses (MATH 114 or MATH 117 or MATH 216 ) as a prerequisite for the FINA 310 Fundamentals of Finance course. Students should take one of the Probability and Statistics courses to fulfill the Crimson Core Quantitative Reasoning & Data Analysis competency requirement (or as a Crimson Core Controlled Elective course, depending on the Quantitative Reasoning & Data Analysis specification of the primary major).

Quantitative Reasoning & Data Analysis: 3

MATH 114 - Probability and Statistics for Business Majors Credits: 3
or
MATH 216 - Probability and Statistics for Natural Sciences Credits: 3
or
MATH 117 - Probability and Statistics Credits: 3

Finance Minor Required Courses:12

ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 3
and
FINA 310 - Fundamentals of Finance Credits: 3
and
FINA 320 - Corporate Finance Credits: 3
and
FINA 324 - Principles of Investments Credits: 3

Finance Minor Controlled Electives: 6

Six credits from designated ECON courses, FINA 300-level courses, or FINA 400-level courses such that at least three credits must be from a FINA prefix course (2)

ECON 345 - International Trade Credits: 3
or
ECON 346 - International Finance Credits: 3
or
ECON 356 - Introduction to Econometrics Credits: 3
or
ECON 421 - Macroeconomic Analysis Credits: 3
or
ECON 434 - Managerial Economics Credits: 3
or
FINA 300-level or 400-level courses (2)

Total Minor Requirements: 18

(1) Minor course requirements must be completed with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

(2) A maximum of three credits from FINA 493 Finance Internship may be used to count towards the Finance Minor.