Finance Minor
The Finance minor is open to all students, with the exception of students pursuing a business degree with the Finance option. Program objectives include:
- To provide the tools for financial decision making, including time value of money techniques, asset valuation, and capital budgeting analysis
- To develop in students an analytical perspective in problem solving
- To provide flexibility to design one’s own program through choice of electives
Students seeking the Finance minor must complete the following courses:
| ECNS 101IS | Economic Way of Thinking | 3 |
| ECNS 204IS | Microeconomics | 3 |
| BMIS 211 | Data Analytics I | 3 |
| ACTG 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Principles of Managerial Accounting | ||
| Principles of Financial Accounting II | ||
| Production Inventory Cost Analysis | ||
| STAT 216Q | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| or EIND 354 | Engineering Probability and Statistics I | |
| Choose of the following: | 3 | |
| Business Finance | ||
| Engineering Economic Analysis | ||
| Business Fundamentals for Technical Professionals | ||
| Agriculture Finance and Credit Analysis | ||
| Econ Org, Finance & Credit | ||
| BFIN 357 | Financial Markets & Institutions ** | 3 |
| or ECNS 313 | Money and Banking | |
| Choose at least two of the following: | 6 | |
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| American Financial Institutions | ||
| Portfolio Management | ||
| Investments | ||
| Real Estate Investment Analysis | ||
| Corporate Finance | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| Commercial Bank Management | ||
| Derivative Securities and Risk Management | ||
| Undergrad Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | |
Students must meet prerequisite requirements of individual courses.
**Students taking ECNS 313 instead of BFIN 357 must take an additional upper-level BFIN course to complete the minor.