Finance

About the Concentration

Concentration: 24.0 quarter credits

Students with a concentration in finance obtain a thorough understanding of the basic concepts, principles, operating procedures, and analytical techniques in the various areas of finance.

Throughout the finance curriculum, students develop and apply quantitative skills for financial decision making within the business environment.

The concentration prepares students for careers in private business firms, including positions involving forecasting and budgeting for financial resources, cost-effectiveness analysis, control of expenditures, evaluation and financing of new projects, and evaluation of alternative methods of financing; in the investment field, including positions in banks, brokerage houses, and financial institutions that participate in the various money and capital markets; and in the public sector, including positions at the federal, state, and local government levels.

For more information about the concentration, contact the Department of Finance.

Concentration Requirements

All core mathematics and statistics courses should be completed before embarking on the finance concentration. A second course in business statistics, STAT 202, must be completed as a prerequisite for the required courses of this concentration.

Because of the relevance of financial accounting to the field of finance, it is strongly recommended that finance students also complete ACCT 321 and ACCT 322 (Financial Accounting I and II) as two of their free electives.

Sample Plan of Study

Co-op/Career Opportunities

The finance program at Drexel prepares students for careers incorporate financial management, the investment field, and the public sector. It also provides excellent basic preparation for various types of professional certification, including chartered financial analyst (CFA) and certified financial planner (CFP).In money and capital markets, finance students often find careers in banking, securities analysis, and portfolio management. In government, many choose to work for regulatory agencies.

Typical positions include financial analyst, capital budgeting officer, credit analyst, merger and acquisition manager, bank trust officer, portfolio analyst, and securities broker.

Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities.

Minor in Finance

Requirements

• No more than 2 courses or 8 credits (or 3 courses and 9 credits if classes were taken under the “old curriculum”) required by a student’s major may be counted towards this minor.
• A grade of “C” (2.0) or better must be earned for each course in this minor for it to be counted.
• No more than two transfer courses may be used to complete this minor. Transfer credits must be taken before matriculated at Drexel.
• Students in the process of completing a degree granting program out of the Goodwin College of Evening and Professional Studies, (BS or BSCOEPS), may enroll in 700 sections of the courses they choose that meet the minor requirements. All other students in the process of completing a degree granting program from other colleges/schools within Drexel University must enroll in the 500 sections of the courses they choose that meet the minor requirements.
• Students should check the pre-requisites of all classes when selecting electives. It is the responsibility of the student to know pre-requisites
• Business Administration and Business & Engineering majors may not minor in Accounting, Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Economics, Legal Studies, Management Information Systems, Marketing and/or Operations Management.

All prospective students should meet with an advisor from the College as soon as possible. Call 215-895-2110 to set up an appointment.

Facilities

So that Drexel business students gain the most up-to-date access to both hardware and software used in professional settings, major advances in the technologies used in the corporate world are constantly being matched by upgrades on campus.

Beginning in summer 2011, construction will begin on a 12-story, $92 million academic center for the LeBow College of Business, replacing Matheson Hall. The new state-of-the-art will continue strengthening faculty research, student learning and the nourishment of a community consisting of faculty, students, alumni and business leaders. The building will help unite faculty, students and staff now housed in four locations throughout Drexel's main campus and is expected to open in 2014.

The Leonard Perlstein Business Learning Center houses state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, and tiered mock boardrooms, as well as the LeBow College Business Executive Education Center.

Finance Faculty