Finance
As a Finance major at Simmons University, you'll master content knowledge in financial theory, including time value of money, risk preferences, financial markets, and investment analysis.
Master complex methods to manage ongoing challenges in business and finance
The discipline of finance has evolved from an art due to an ever-increasing emphasis on quantitative techniques for problem solving. This evolution has placed strict demands for students to master the complex analytical and quantitative methods increasingly used in managing the ongoing challenges in business and finance.
In response, Simmons University’s School of Management offers the Finance (BSBA) as a direct response to this demand in the financial industry. This rigorous major combines a carefully structured and sequenced interdisciplinary curriculum designed to integrate quantitative techniques with the theory and practice of modern financial analysis. Our BSBA Finance major will also be exposed to the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute’s critical knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed in an investment and finance role today.
In our Finance program you will:
- Master content knowledge in financial theory, including time value of money, risk preferences, financial markets, and investment analysis
- Be prepared to sit the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional certification exam
- Gain familiarity with core financial instruments, market structures, financial institutions, and financial regulations
- Gain an in depth understanding of financial risk management, including risk measures, and derivatives
- Effectively work with financial market data and information systems
- Apply relevant analytical methods, including exposure to core finance tools and business analytical techniques needed for problem solving processes
- Exposed to discussions in ethical conduct of finance executives and professionals
Our BSBA finance graduates will be qualified to be tomorrow’s experts in the increasingly complex field of finance in:
- Asset management.
- Credit and market risk management.
- Treasury operations.
- Portfolio management.
- Research and technical analysis.
- Corporate risk compliance.
Our graduates find employment a several local employers that include Boston Private Bank and Trust, Brown Brothers Harriman, Liberty Mutual Insurance, EMC Corporation, and more.
Our Faculty
Mansfield Holmes
Associate Professor of Practice
Spotlight on Finance Students and Alums
Abby Willis ’19 Shares her Simmons Transformation: From Too-Shy, to Assistant Director & Financial Analyst
“Simmons really taught me how to learn, whether that was learning from other people or actively learning as you solve problems.”
Joanne Wilson ’83 Wins Rappaport Alumnae Achievement Award
Congratulations to Joanne Wilson who embodies the spirit of the award with her focus on women- and minority-owned businesses. Wilson is a limited partner in venture funds committed to investing only in women, Black, and Latino founders.
Maegan Bernier ’20 and Shelby Young ’21 Attend Forté Business and Finance Conferences
Last fall, Maegan Bernier ’20 and Shelby Young ’21 were selected to attend Forté Conferences for Undergraduate Women. We caught up with Bernier and Young about the valuable lessons they learned from these experiences.
From Business to Medical School: Shreya Arumugam ’12 on the Value of Perseverance
Shreya tells us about her journey of rediscovering her passion for medicine and how her Simmons community helped her get there.
Working Abroad in Germany with Jill Peterson '14
Jill tells us how her experience at Simmons made her a "Simmons woman for life."