The Finance major provides a broad-based analytical program for students anticipating a career in the management of both large and small organizations.
Finance provides a good background for students seeking general careers in business.
Finance majors may elect to follow tracks which prepare them for entry and advanced careers in the financial management of corporations the management of financial institutions investments financial services, insurance, and real estate. In addition, the program in Finance is designed to provide the skills required by students earning degrees in other business disciplines and by students who seek professional degrees in areas such as law and public administration. The Finance program offers applied and theoretical courses to enable the graduate to identify and solve problems in the acquisition and allocation of funds by organizations in the public and private sectors in domestic and international settings. It provides the background necessary for managing wealth in a risky environment. Finance relies on an interdisciplinary approach which draws on economic theory, accounting, information systems and the quantitative decision frameworks of statistics and mathematics.