Finance Minor
The Finance Minors equip students with in-demand finance skills through two tailored pathways for Mendoza and non-Mendoza students. With a focus on financial markets, financial analysis, investment analysis, and valuation, the minor strengthens career readiness across a wide range of industries while complementing each student’s primary area of study.
What You’ll Learn
The 15-credit minor is open to Mendoza students graduating in the class of 2026 or later.
The Finance Minor provides a broad range of students with the opportunity to build their finance-related skills. In particular, the minor will provide skill development related to financial markets, financial analysis, investment analysis, and valuation, among other areas, and will help to better prepare students for a wide range of business careers.
Required Courses
In addition to the Mendoza business core, students pursuing the finance minor must complete the three following courses (9 credits).
- FIN 30400 Corporate Finance (3 Credits)
- FIN 30600 Investment Theory (3 Credits)
- ACCT 20200 Accounting Analysis for Planning and Control (3 Credits) or ACCT 30100 Corporate Financial Reporting (3 Credits)*
*FIN 30400 and FIN 30600 count towards the Mendoza broadening course requirement for all non-Finance majors. ACCT 20200 also counts toward the Mendoza broadening course requirement for non-Accountancy majors, while ACCT 30100 may be a required prerequisite for some finance electives. For Accountancy majors, ACCT 20200 double-counts toward both the Accountancy major and the Finance minor.
As is the case for a finance major, all students pursuing a finance minor must earn a grade of C or better in FIN 20150.
Elective Courses
Students must complete 6 credits in any of the 40000-level finance electives. Students in the minor have the same registration priority as finance majors for most electives, though a few courses may be restricted to majors only (check NOVO for up-to-date restrictions). Example elective courses include the following (this may not be a complete list):
- Strategic Economics
- AI and Data Applications in Finance
- Management of Financial Institutions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Working Capital Management
- Corporate Governance and Catholic Social Teaching
- International Finance
- Security Analysis
- Macrofinance and Portfolio Strategy
- Trading and Markets
- Options and Futures
- Fixed Income Investment Strategies
- Advanced Investment Strategies
- Behavioral Finance
- Real Estate Valuation and Investment
- Real Estate Capital Markets
- Academic Research in Finance
- Modern Portfolio Management
*Not all electives will have available capacity in all semesters. See the Department of Finance for an updated list of available electives.
How to Apply
The application form for all minors offered by the Mendoza College of Business opens once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester. The application period has closed for Spring 2026; for Fall 2026:- Application Opens: Monday, September 14, at 12:00 Noon
- Application Closes: Friday, October 16, at 5:00 PM
The 15-credit minor is open to students with a non-Mendoza PRIMARY major graduating in the class of 2029 or Later.
The Finance Minor provides a broad range of students with the opportunity to build their finance-related skills. In particular, the minor will provide skill development related to financial markets, financial analysis, investment analysis, and valuation, among other areas, and will help to better prepare students for a wide range of careers.
Required Courses
Students pursuing the finance minor must complete the four following courses (12 credits).
- FIN 20150 Foundations of Finance (3 credits)
- ACCT 20100 Foundations of Accountancy (3 credits)
- FIN 30400 Corporate Finance (3 credits)
- FIN 30600 Investment Theory (3 credits)* *
*FIN 30600 requires a course in statistics as a prerequisite that is not explicitly part of the minor. See NOVO Browse Classes or PATH Class Search for details.
As is the case for a finance major, all students pursuing a finance minor must earn a grade of C or better in FIN 20150.
Elective Courses
Students must complete one 40000-level finance elective from the list below. Students in the minor have the same registration priority as finance majors for most electives, though a few courses may be restricted to majors initially (check NOVO for up-to-date restrictions):
- AI and Data Applications in Finance
- Management of Financial Institutions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Working Capital Management
- International Finance
- Security Analysis
- Trading and Markets
- Options and Futures
- Fixed Income Investment Strategies
- Advanced Investment Strategies
- Modern Portfolio Management
- Private Equity
*Not all electives will have available capacity in all semesters. See the Department of Finance for an updated list of available electives.
How to Apply
The application form for all minors offered by the Mendoza College of Business opens once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester.
- Application Opens: Monday, March 23, at 12:00 Noon
- Application Closes: Monday, April 6, at 5:00 PM