Simmons College

A degree in finance can prepare a student to work in a corporate or nonprofit finance department, enter a management-training program, pursue a career in the financial services industry, or be part of a start-up or entrepreneurial venture. Women with finance degrees are prepared to specialize in financial practice or look for applications across the organization because understanding the financial structure and demands of a company is a broad-based skill. In the course of their studies, students in finance learn how to evaluate the organization's financial needs, including cash flow, return on uses of cash, short- and long-term asset management, and issues of growth and capital structure. Few would deny the need for knowledgeable, dedicated and ethical finance participants in our global money world and a broad range of career options exist.

Prerequisites

• ECON 100 Principles of Microeconomics
• MATH 118 Introductory Statistics

Required Core Courses

• MGMT 100 Introduction to Management and Principled Leadership
• MG MT 110 Principles of Financial Accounting
• MGMT 234 Organizational Communication and Behavior
• MGMT 250 Principles of Marketing
• MGMT 260 Principles of Finance
• MGMT 325 Operations Management and Decision Making
• MGMT 340 Strategy

Required Courses

• ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
• MGMT 310 Financial Statement Analysis
• MGMT 311 Investments
• MGMT 315 Corporate Financial Planning and Strategy
• MGMT 393 Financial Modeling

Electives

Students may select any of the following for additional depth in the Finance major:

• ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 203 Economic Models and Quantitative Methods
• ECON 220 International Monetary Systems
• ECON 231 Money and Banking
• MATH 319 Financial Mathematics
• MGMT 290 Special Topics in Management: Seminar (when relevant)