Finance minor
Minor
The Minor in Finance is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of financial principles and practices, equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in various financial roles. This program is ideal for students majoring in non-finance disciplines who seek to enhance their career opportunities by gaining expertise in finance.
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of finance. Various techniques of analysis that reveal the relationships of risk, return, and value are demonstrated. Topics include: financial reporting; long- and short-term forecasting; managing working capital; capital budgeting; and the nature of corporate securities and debt-equity mix.
In this course, students gain experience in the development and use of information within an organization. Course topics include: cost terms; production costing; cost allocation for planning and control; cost behavior patterns; cost-volume-profit relationships; budgeting; inventory planning and control; pricing decisions; and aspects of investment decisions.