International Finance . Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development . Integrative Finance . It is recommended that Finance majors take at least one or two more accounting courses, in addition to the required Accounting 311 and 312 courses. Most banks prefer to hire graduates with 9-12 hours of accounting.
Some employers specify that they want students to have taken intermediate accounting.
The finance department offers a finance major with an accounting emphasis Employers are also interested in students' communication skills, and non-business electives which will help improve writing and speaking skills are recommended. The Finance and Accounting Departments of the College and Business are jointly sponsoring an alternative concentration for finance majors who are interested in positions that require an accounting emphasis. Many recruiters from both financial and non financial firms, who have previously focused their efforts on accounting majors, are increasingly seeking students with a portfolio of course work that includes a broader balance of finance and accounting. To meet this demand the departments are offering a finance major with an accounting emphasis. As presently structured the finance major has three free electives and two upper division business electives available in the program.