Finance
Major: Finance
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 180.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.1399
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-3031;13-2011; 13-2031; 13-2051
About the Program
Students with a major in finance learn the concepts and analytical techniques that are used in corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions. The major has an applied quantitative focus and prepares students for careers involving financial forecasting, budgeting, business analysis and valuation, investment research, wealth management, and banking. It also provides excellent preparation for various professional credentials, including the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation and Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) certification.
Additional Information
For more information about the program, contact the Department of Finance.
Degree Requirements
All core mathematics and statistics courses should be completed before embarking on the upper-level finance major courses. A second course in business statistics, STAT 202 with a minimum grade of C, must be completed as a prerequisite for the major's required courses.
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 Reporting I and II) as two of their free electives.
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 270 [WI] | Business Communication | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| MATH 102 | Introduction to Analysis II | 4.0 |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
| PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3.0 |
| UNIV B101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV B201 [WI] | Career Management | 1.0 |
| English literature elective ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 | 3.0 | |
| Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | |
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Architecture (ARCH), Art History (ARTH), Dance (DANC), Film Studies (FMST), Interior Design (INTR), Music (MUSC), Photography (PHTO), Visual Studies (VSST), Screenwriting & Playwriting (SCRP),Theatre (THTR) | ||
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | |
| Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Applied Cells, Genetics & Physiology | ||
or BIO 101 | Applied Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | |
| Applied Chemistry | ||
| Applied Physics | ||
or PHYS 170 | Electricity and Motion | |
or PHYS 175 | Light and Sound | |
| General Education Electives | 12.0 | |
| Students select (12.0 credits) general education electives, with a minimum of one course in each of the following four categories. | ||
| Diversity & Multicultural | ||
| Society and Culture | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Communications (COM), English (ENGL), Fine Arts (ARCH, ARTH, DANC, DIGM, FMVD, SCRP, FMST, INTR, MUSC, PHTO, THTR, WBDV, VSST), Global Studies (GST), Language (LANG) or Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
| Social Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Justice Studies (CJS), History (HIST), Sociology (SOC), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY) | ||
| Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (INFO), Science, Technology and Society (SCTS) | ||
| Business Requirements | ||
| ACCT 115 | Financial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
| ACCT 116 | Managerial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
| BLAW 201 | Business Law I | 4.0 |
| BSAN 160 | Business Analytics and Data Visualization | 4.0 |
| BUSN 101 | Foundations of Business I | 4.0 |
| BUSN 102 | Foundations of Business II | 4.0 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
| FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 4.0 |
| INTB 200 | International Business | 4.0 |
| MGMT 450 | Strategy and Competitive Advantage | 4.0 |
| MIS 200 | Management Information Systems | 4.0 |
| MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
| OPM 200 | Operations Management | 4.0 |
| ORGB 300 [WI] | Organizational Behavior | 4.0 |
| STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
| STAT 202 | Business Statistics II | 4.0 |
| Free Electives | 18.0 | |
| Required Finance Major Courses | ||
| FIN 302 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | 4.0 |
| FIN 321 | Investment Securities & Markets | 4.0 |
| FIN 325 | Financial Institutions and Markets | 4.0 |
| Select six of the following: | 24.0 | |
| Risk Management | ||
| Derivative Securities | ||
| Investment Analysis | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| Money and Capital Markets | ||
| Fintech | ||
| Seminar in Finance | ||
| Applied Portfolio Management | ||
| Advanced Portfolio Management | ||
| Mergers & Acquisitions | ||
| Global Financial Management | ||
| Corporate Financial Reporting to Executives | ||
| Credit Risk Analysis | ||
| Personal Wealth Management | ||
| Special Topics in FIN | ||
| Real Estate Finance | ||
| Real Estate Investment and Asset Management | ||
| Sport Finance | ||
| Total Credits | 180.0 | |
| * | Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101. Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4 year, no co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ||
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | STAT 202 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||
| 15 | 14 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| FIN 302 | 4.0 | FIN 321 | 4.0 | FIN 325 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| MIS 200 | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | ||
| OPM 200 | 4.0 | Free electives* | 7.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | ||
| General Education elective | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Finance Major Electives | 12.0 | UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | ||
| Free electives | 4.0 | English Literature elective: ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 | 3.0 | Finance Major Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | ||||
| Finance Major Electives | 8.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
| * | Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101. |
4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| Society and Culture elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | FIN 302 | 4.0 |
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 |
| History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | STAT 202 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Social Science Elective | 3.0 | Science Elective | 3.0 |
| 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | FIN 321 | 4.0 | FIN 325 | 4.0 | ||
| PHIL 105 | 3.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | ||||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Finance Elective | 4.0 | UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | ||
| Finance Electives | 8.0 | ENGL 200-ENGL 399 Course | 3.0 | Finance Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Free Electives | 4.0 | Finance Elective | 8.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Fine Arts Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
| * | Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
5 year, 3 co-op (Fall/Winter)
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV B101 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | Society and Culture course | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | ||
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | ||||
| History Elective | 4.0 | STAT 202 | 4.0 | ||||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | FIN 301 | 4.0 | FIN 302 | 4.0 | ||
| MKTG 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | ||||
| ORGB 300 | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | ||||
| Social Science Elective | 3.0 | Science Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | FIN 321 | 4.0 | FIN 325 | 4.0 | ||
| PHIL 105 | 3.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | ||||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Finance Elective | 12.0 | UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | ||
| Free Elective | 4.0 | ENGL 200-ENGL 399 Course | 3.0 | Finance Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Finance Elective | 8.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||||
| Fine Arts Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||||
| * | Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
Co-op/Career Opportunities
The Finance program at Drexel prepares students for careers in corporate financial management, the investment industry, and banking. Typical careers include consultant, financial advisor, securities trader, and analyst positions in investment banking, credit risk, capital markets, and private equity.
Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities. Also visit the Career Guides provided by the Steinbright Career Development Center.
Facilities
The LeBow College of Business home is a 12-story, 177,500-square-foot academic building named Gerri C. LeBow Hall. Located in the heart of Drexel University campus, it forms a gateway to Drexel and serves as a backdrop to the historic statue of A.J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904).
The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by 15 classrooms of varying sizes and configurations, including a finance trading lab. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium, 100-seat lecture hall, and a behavioral studies lab one floor below. Other amenities consist of 19 collaboration rooms, 3,500 square feet of student lounges and quiet study areas, a bank of four elevators and full ADA accessibility, and an event space with catering capacity. The building's upper floors contain faculty and staff offices interspersed with seminar and conference rooms.
Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, the Finance Trading Lab webpage, and the SAP Next-Gen webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.
