Finance

Finance professionals are concerned with the management of assets to create wealth for investors or companies. The finance discipline examines how individuals, businesses and institutions raise funds to implement investment strategies and how they allocate these funds to a variety of investment opportunities. When dealing with investments, finance professionals consider the time between investment and future payoff and the risks attached to these future payoffs.

The finance major covers three key areas:

• Capital markets and financial institutions
• Investments and financial planning
• Corporate finance

During your degree, you will have the option to study each of these areas, as well as personal finance and real estate finance.

Graduates of the Finance major are well prepared for careers in the following areas:

• Financial planning and advising for individual investors
• Funds management
• Retail, commercial and investment banking
• Financial analysis
• Corporate finance
• Treasury management
• Trading and dealing
• Management consulting.