Finance Major

The curriculum in finance seeks to develop an  understanding of the role played by finance in various organizations. Finance deals with the acquisition and management of resources to accomplish organizational objectives within an acceptable risk/return profile.

The financial manager decides how to raise funds in the capital markets and how best to invest these funds in order to accomplish organizational objectives. To accomplish these tasks the discipline of finance has developed a sophisticated set of analytical tools that bring together concepts from a variety of sources such as economics, accounting and mathematics.

The concepts and techniques developed in finance are equally applicable to not-for-profit organizations that must also raise and invest funds in an efficient manner. Those skilled in financial analysis play a central role in deciding such current issues as mergers, buyouts and international investments.

The Finance program is acredited by AASCB - The International Association for Management Education.