Corporate Finance

The Finance Major

Why Choose the QC Finance Major?

Technological changes in the work place have dramatically changed what prospective employers expect of newly minted college graduates. Students wishing to pursue a career in finance must be able to answer job interview questions about capital structure, the CAPM, regression analysis, forecasting, and stock market efficiency. Finance professionals are assumed to know how to work with financial models using Excel and VBA. A Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Queens College will help you master the types of skills investment banks, commercial banks, consulting firms, and other businesses desiring financial expertise demand of their employees.

Students who choose the finance major will gain an understanding of the basic concepts involved in financial decision-making. The curriculum is constructed to provide students with opportunities to practice what is taught through real world applications based on spreadsheet modeling, forecasting, regression analysis, and firm valuation. The major prepares students for future graduate study in business, as well as equipping them to gain the business experience necessary to pursue a graduate degree.

Finance majors may now minor in Financial Modeling

All finance majors must take the basics of Economics and Accounting, the core courses, and society and ethics courses, as well as the courses listed below.

All students must take three core courses in finance which provide them with the essential skills needed to pursue careers in finance, and choose among a wide set of electives which range from studying options and futures markets to international finance to studying multinational corporations. This track will prepare students for such positions as financial service representative or financial manager. The demands of global trade, the increase in complex financial instruments and changing federal and state laws and regulations have caused an increase in the need for finance professionals.

Finance Required Courses
Business 341W: Intermediate Finance
Business 350: Investment Analysis
Business 351: Financial Markets

Two Elective Courses to be Chosen
Economics 215: Money and Banking
Economics 328: International Finance *Note: If ECO 328 is chosen as a major elective, it may not also be chosen as a globalization elective.
Economics 207: Comparative Economic and Financial Systems *Note: If ECO 207 is chosen as a major elective, it may not also be chosen as a globalization elective.
Economics 220: Consumer Economics and Personal Finance
Business 354: Multinational Financial Management
Business 352: Investment Management
Economics 229: The History of International Finance and Business
Business 353: Options and Futures Markets

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