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.
Finance Minor - Course Catalog
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.