Finance Minor

• Open to business or non-business students.
• Provides in-depth understanding of financial principles and their application to financial issues faced by decision-makers in corporate, financial, and government sectors of the global economy.
• Students majoring in Accounting, Economics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Real Estate will enhance their marketable skills with this minor.

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credit Hours
  Prerequisite courses required for non-business students:
  ACCT 2101	Financial Accounting	3
  ACCT 2102	Managerial Accounting	3
  or ACCT 2521	Cost Accounting
  ECON 1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3
  ECON 1102	Microeconomic Principles	3
  FIN 3101	Financial Management	3
  Pre-Calculus/Calculus sequence:		6-8
  STAT 1001 & STAT 1102	Quantitative Methods for Business I and Quantitative Methods for Business II
  MATH 1021 & MATH 1031	College Algebra and Differential and Integral Calculus
  MATH 1022 & MATH 1041	Precalculus and Calculus I
  STAT 2103	Statistical Business Analytics	4

• Minimum grades of C- are required in prerequisite courses except for FIN 3101 which requires a minimum grade of C. These grades are not calculated in the minor GPA.
• Four departmental courses required (three of these courses must be taken at Temple University):

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credit Hours
  Required Courses
  FIN 3504	Intermediate Corporate Finance (must be completed at Temple)	3
  FIN 3507	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3
  Electives
  Select two of the following:		6
  FIN 3505	Bank Enterprise Risk Management
  FIN 3506	Derivatives and Financial Risk Management
  FIN 3509	Real Estate Investment and Finance 1
  FIN 3512	Financial Modeling
  FIN 3513	Financial Statement Analysis
  FIN 3514	Commercial Real Estate Analysis
  FIN 3515	Financial Markets and Institutions for Business
  FIN 3517	Financial Data Analysis
  FIN 3522	Advanced Portfolio Analysis
  FIN 3526	Commercial Credit Essentials
  FIN 3551	International Finance 2
  FIN 3571	Owl Fund Seminar 3
  FIN 3671	Advanced Owl Fund Seminar 3
  Total Credit Hours		12

  1	FIN 3509 may not count as a Finance elective if majoring in Real Estate.
  2	FIN 3551 replaces IB 3101 in the upper division foundation. This course is not calculated in the major GPA.
  3	FIN 3571 and FIN 3671 require permission of the instructor and all prerequisites must be met.

• Minimum grades of C are required for the departmental courses.
• A grade point average of 2.0 in the minor is required.
• Courses cannot be used to meet minor requirements if already used to meet the requirements for a major or a different minor or certificate.
• Courses for the minor must be completed prior to graduation; if completed, the minor will be recorded on the final transcript upon graduation.

• To declare or rescind this minor, visit the Fox School of Business and Management.

Interested students should discuss with their home college advisors how the courses in the minor will fit into their overall degree plan and are strongly encouraged to declare the minor early in their academic career.