Finance (Course 15-3)
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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 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: | 12 | |
| 14.30 | Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics | |
| 15.069 | Applied Probability and Statistics | |
| 18.05 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | |
| Restricted Electives | 63-72 | |
| Choose a total of seven subjects from the lists below. | ||
| Finance Electives | ||
| Choose five to seven subjects from the following: 1 | ||
| 15.4311 | Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital | |
| 15.4331 | Financial Markets | |
| 15.4341 | Advanced Corporate Finance | |
| 15.4371 | Options and Futures Markets | |
| 15.4381 | Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives | |
| 15.4451 | Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity | |
| 15.5181 | Taxes and Business Strategy | |
| Non-Finance Electives | ||
| Choose zero to two subjects from the following: | ||
| 15.053 | Optimization Methods in Business Analytics | |
| 15.276 | Communicating with Data (CI-M) 2 | |
| 15.279 | Management Communication for Undergraduates (CI-M) 2 | |
| 15.301 | People, Teams, and Organizations Laboratory (CI-M) 3 | |
| 15.312 | Organizational Processes for Business Analytics (CI-M) 3 | |
| 15.7611 | Introduction to Operations Management | |
| 15.8141 | Marketing Innovation | |
| 15.9001 | Competitive Strategy | |
| Units in Major | 126-138 | |
| Unrestricted Electives 4 | 66-108 | |
| Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (24-36) | |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 189-198 |
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. |
| 4 | In order to reach the 180 units beyond the GIRs required, students may need to take more than 66 units of Unrestricted Electives. |