Available to students majoring outside the Driehaus College of Business, a minor in Finance provides a student with a basic foundation in financial management, along with an understanding of financial markets, analysis, and investments.
Prerequisite Requirements
Students must meet the prerequisites of ACC 101, ECO 105, ECO 106 and MAT 137 (or a course in statistics) prior to some courses in the minor.
Course Requirements
A non-Driehaus student minoring in Finance is required to complete the following courses totaling at least 20.0 hours:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
FIN 310 | INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE | 4 |
FIN 311 | CORPORATE FINANCE | 4 |
FIN 330 | INVESTMENTS: THEORY & PRACTICE | 4 |
ACC 304 | FINANCIAL REPORTING I | |
DSC 341 | FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE | |
ECO 305 | INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS | |
ECO 306 | INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS | |
FIN 313 | INVESTMENT BANKING | |
FIN 320 | MONEY AND BANKING | |
FIN 323 | COMMERCIAL BANKING | |
FIN 324 | BANKING & CREDIT ANALYSIS | |
FIN 333 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS | |
FIN 335 | PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT | |
FIN 336 | EQUITY RESEARCH | |
FIN 340 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | |
FIN 355 | GLOBAL IPOs & VENTURE CAPITAL | |
FIN 362 | ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT | |
FIN 363 | DERIVATIVES: PRICING & APPLICATIONS | |
FIN 365 | PRINCIPLES OF RISK & INSURANCE | |
FIN 366 | FINANCIAL MODELING | |
FIN 380 | CASES IN FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING | |
FIN 381 | BEHAVIORAL FINANCE | |
FIN 393 | FINANCE INTERNSHIP | |
FIN 395 | INVESTMENT SEMINAR | |
FIN 398 | SPECIAL TOPICS (multiple topics may be used) | |
FIN 399 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
IT 211 | INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED PROGRAMMING | |
MAT 341 | STATISTICAL METHODS USING SAS | |
MAT 349 | APPLIED PROBABILITY | |
RE 300 | REAL ESTATE LAW | |
RE 320 | URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY | |
RE 325 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT: DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION | |
RE 350 | REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS | |
RE 352 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | |
RE 353 | REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT | |
RE 354 | REAL ESTATE VALUATION | |
RE 398 | SPECIAL TOPICS | |
RE 399 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
The Department of Finance enforces all course prerequisites; exceptions will not be made.
RE 350 is cross-listed with FIN 350.
Graduation Requirements
All Finance (FIN) courses and any other courses used toward the Finance minor must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and with a combined GPA of 2.000 or higher.
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