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Finance (Course 15-3)

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Management Programs

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.