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Program Overview
Through the finance program, you'll learn to connect economic theories to real world applications. You will study areas of corporate and international finance, plus a wide range of subdisciplines such as investment, cost control, financial modeling, and risk management. You will learn how macroeconomic and market conditions guide business decision making, and you will become conversant in the language and tools that financial managers use.
Coursework and internships will prepare you to launch a career in any facet of the financial sector, including banking, insurance and brokerage firms, or the corporate world, among others. Or you may pursue a graduate degree, including a valuable MBA. The choices are yours.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126
First Year - Credits: 32-33
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- Elective (Cr: 2-3)
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ACC 145Â -Â Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
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BUS 102Â -Â School of Business First Year Experience (Cr: 1)
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BUS 123Â -Â Solving Business Problems with Technology (Cr: 3)
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BUS 130Â -Â Foundations of Business (Cr: 3)
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BUS 200Â -Â Marketing (Cr: 3)
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BUS 270Â -Â Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
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ECN 201Â -Â Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Global Issues General Elective
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ENG 111Â -Â Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
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ENG 112Â -Â Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
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INT 100Â -Â Internship I (Cr: 2)
Second Year - Credits: 32
- Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
- Finance Elective (Cr: 3)
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BUS 210Â -Â Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 249Â -Â Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
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BUS 311Â -Â Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 333Â -Â Design Thinking (Cr: 3)
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ECN 202Â -Â Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
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INT 200Â -Â Internship II (Cr: 2)
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MTH 126Â -Â Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement
Third Year - Credits: 31
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- Finance Electives (Cr: 6)
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
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BUS 320Â -Â Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
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BUS 340Â -Â International Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 370Â -Â Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement
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BUS 375Â -Â Financial Modeling (Cr: 3)
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BUS 379Â -Â Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
Fourth Year - Credits: 30
- Finance Elective (Cr: 3)
- General Education Electives 200+ level (Cr: 6)
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BUS 331Â -Â Investments (Cr: 3)
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BUS 480Â -Â Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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BUS 489Â -Â Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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BUS 490Â -Â Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
Or
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BUS 491Â -Â Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
Finance Electives
Choose four from the following:
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ACC 300Â -Â Accounting Information Systems (Cr: 3)
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ACC 325Â -Â Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
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ACC 425Â -Â Corporate Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
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BUS 224Â -Â Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
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BUS 302Â -Â Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
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BUS 303Â -Â International Business (Cr: 3)
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BUS 309Â -Â Project Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 319Â -Â Financial Planning for Clients (Cr: 3)
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BUS 332Â -Â Applied Modeling for Decision-Making (Cr: 3)
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BUS 336Â -Â Options and Futures Trading (Cr: 3)
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BUS 337Â -Â Valuation (Cr: 3)
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BUS 354Â -Â Entrepreneurial Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 355Â -Â Risk Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 369Â -Â Financial Institutions and Markets (Cr: 3)
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BUS 415Â -Â Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
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BUS 440Â -Â Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
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CSC 160/160LÂ -Â Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CSC 260Â -Â Object Oriented Programming (Cr: 3)
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CSC 261Â -Â Advanced Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns (Cr: 3)
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ECN 302Â -Â Intermediate Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
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MTH 137Â -Â Calculus II (Cr: 4)
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MTH 225Â -Â Probability (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the finance program, students will:
- Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in finance.
- Calculate and interpret quantitative data effectively.
- Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to finance problems.
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within finance.
- Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of finance.
- Apply a range of 'best practices'Â in a professional finance environment.
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Internships and Careers
An 91ºÚÁÏÍø education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at 91ºÚÁÏÍø will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.
Recent Internships
- Fidelity
- Wellington
- Ernst & Young
- KPMG
- State Street
- Travelers
Alumni Employment
- Morgan Stanley
- Bloomberg
- GE
- Fidelity
- State Street
- Oracle
Graduate School Acceptances
- 91ºÚÁÏÍø
- Dartmouth