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Undergraduate Minor in Finance
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Undergraduate Minor in Finance

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NYU Tandon School of Engineering undergraduates take an extensive amount of college mathematics and are well-positioned to leverage this background and acquire knowledge of mathematical finance that future employers in your discipline as well as Wall Street will value.

The Department of Finance and Risk Engineering’s undergraduate Minor in Finance is designed to provide students with an excellent undergraduate grounding in finance.

Eligibility and Registration

The Minor in Finance is open to all students who have completed the prerequisite requirements for the required and elective courses (see below). To apply for the minor, please visit the Registrar for further instructions.

Curriculum

You will need to complete 15 credits of courses designated as FIN-UY to earn a Minor in Finance. At least 9 of these credits must be FIN-UY. Please take a look at the list of courses that can be substituted below. If there are other courses that you would like considered for substitution, email the FIN advisor for approval.

You must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in FIN classes to successfully complete the Minor in Finance.

Required Courses

Elective Courses

Select at least 2 from the following:

Business and Technology Management (BTM)

For BTM majors, the Minor in Finance can be achieved by enrolling in the following courses:

BTM majors will also need to take 3 additional FIN-UY courses, 3000 and higher.

Course Prerequisites

FIN-UY courses require knowledge of calculus and other higher mathematics. Please check each course for prerequisite details.

Substitutes

Below is a list of all of the pre-approved courses that can be substituted for FIN-UY required courses and electives.

### FIN-UY 2003: Economic Foundations

ECON-SHU 3: Microeconomics\ SOCSC-UH 1111:Markets\ ECON-UA 10: Intermediate Microeconomics\ ECON-UA 11: Microeconomic Analysis\ ECON-UB 2: Microeconomics with Calculus

### FIN-UY 2103: Creating and Understanding Financial Statements

ACCT-UB 1: Principles of Financial Accounting\ MG-UY 2204: Financial Accounting\ BUSOR-UH 1501: Introduction to Accounting

### FIN-UY 2203: Corporate Finance & Financial Markets

FINC-UB 2: Foundations of Finance\ MG-UY 3214: Advanced Corporate Finance\ ECON-UH 3520: Corporate Finance\ FINC-UB 9007: Corporate Finance\ BUSF-SHU 202: Foundations of Finance

### Finance Electives

ACCT-UB 23: Financial Modeling and Analysis\ BUSF-SHU 311: New Venture Strategy    \ BUSOR-UH 1302: Impact Investing    \ ECON-UH 2512: FinTech Innovation: Finance, Technology, Regulation    \ ECON-UH 3010: Economics of Imperfect Markets    \ FIN-UY 3233: Derivatives and the Options Market    \ FIN-UY 3403: Entrepreneurship and Financial Management    \ FIN-UY 3503: Financial Risk Modeling & Analytics    \ FIN-UY 4903 Includes all Topics \ FINC-UB 15: Alternative Investments I: Principles & Strategies    \ FINC-UB 26: Debt Instruments and Markets    \ FINC-UB 41: Equity Valuation    \ FINC-UB 44: Portfolio Management    \ FINC-UB 62: Applications in Entrepreneurial Finance: Fintech    \ FINC-UB 66: Hedge Fund Strategies    \ FINC-UB 75: Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical, and Financial Risk    \ FINC-UB 77: Finance: Climate Risks and Opportunities for Leaders in Business and Society    \ MA-UY 4324: Mathematics of Finance

The prerequisite structure of the Minor requires that you complete the core courses before beginning the electives.

Advising

Please contact Professor Barry Blecherman with any questions you may have by email at barry.blecherman@nyu.edu or by phone at 646.997.3398.