Finance (Course 15-3)
Bachelor of Science in Finance
General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
The General Institute Requirements include a Communication Requirement that is integrated into both the HASS Requirement and the requirements of each major; see details below.
| Summary of Subject Requirements | Subjects |
|---|---|
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement [one subject can be satisfied by 14.01 in the Departmental Program]; at least two of these subjects must be designated as communication-intensive (CI-H) to fulfill the Communication Requirement. | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 14.30, 18.05, and 15.053 or 15.0791 in the Departmental Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement (12 units) [can be satisfied by 15.417 in the Departmental Program] | 1 |
| Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree | 17 |
| Physical Education Requirement | |
|---|---|
| Swimming requirement, plus four physical education courses for eight points. |
Departmental Program
Choose at least two subjects in the major that are designated as communication-intensive (CI-M) to fulfill the Communication Requirement.
| Required Subjects | Units | |
| 14.01 | Principles of Microeconomics | 9-12 |
| or 15.0111 | Economic Analysis for Business Decisions | |
| 15.417 | Laboratory in Investments (CI-M) | 15 |
| 15.418 | Laboratory in Corporate Finance (CI-M) | 15 |
| 15.501 | Corporate Financial Accounting | 12 |
| Select one of the following options: | 12-24 | |
Option 1 | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics | ||
| Econometric Data Science | ||
Option 2 | ||
| Applied Probability and Statistics | ||
Option 3 | ||
| Introduction to Probability and Statistics | ||
| Restricted Electives | 54-63 | |
| Finance Electives | ||
Five to six subjects from the following list, including at least one subject from the Investments area and one subject from the Corporate Finance area 1 | ||
Investments | ||
| Financial Markets | ||
| Options and Futures Markets | ||
Corporate Finance | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital | ||
| Advanced Corporate Finance | ||
| Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity | ||
Topics in Finance | ||
| Taxes and Business Strategy | ||
| Non-Finance Electives | ||
| Select one to two of the following: | ||
| Optimization Methods in Business Analytics | ||
| Communicating with Data (CI-M) 2 | ||
| Management Communication for Undergraduates (CI-M) 2 | ||
| People, Teams, and Organizations Laboratory (CI-M) 3 | ||
| Organizational Processes for Business Analytics (CI-M) 3 | ||
| Introduction to Operations Management | ||
| Marketing Innovation | ||
| Competitive Strategy | ||
| Units in Major | 117-141 | |
| Units in Unrestricted Electives | 66-108 | |
| Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (24-36) | |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 180-192 | |
The units for any subject that counts as one of the 17 GIR subjects cannot also be counted as units required beyond the GIRs.
| 1 | Consult the Sloan Office of Undergraduate Education regarding additional options. |
| 2 | Students may take 15.276 or 15.279 as a Non-Finance Elective, but not both. |
| 3 | Students may take 15.301 or 15.312 as a Non-Finance Elective, but not both. |
