Finance

The field of finance encompasses three interrelated areas. Each views the management of assets, liabilities, and equity from a different perspective.

• Financial intermediaries explores the behaviors and characteristics an individual or institution plays in mediating a financial transaction between two or more parties. 
• Investment focuses on the decisions of both individuals and institutional investors.
• Financial management deals with the management of assets, liabilities and equity within a business organization.

Career opportunities in each area are many and varied. The finance emphasis prepares students for positions in financial management with manufacturing and service organizations, or with financial intermediaries such as banks, insurance companies, brokerages and investment advisory firms.

Finance courses include

• Investment Analysis
• Financial Services
• Advanced Corporate Financial Management
• Portfolio Management
• Introduction to Taxation
• International Trade and Finance
• Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions
• Zurich Financial Services

For more information about the finance emphasis, contact Assistant Professor of Finance Byron Hollowell, Ph.D.