The Financial Economics Sequence (FES) is part of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance. The curriculum of the Sequence is designed for students interested in pursuing careers in the financial sector and/or graduate education in economics, finance, and related fields.

The FES requires a minimum of 5 courses:

1. Prerequisites

• MATH031 CM – Calculus II
  • or MATH 031A CM or higher
• ECON086 CM – Accounting for Decision Making
• ECON101 CM – Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON120 CM – Statistics
• ECON125 CM – Econometrics

2. Core Financial Courses (2 courses)

• ECON134 CM – Corporate Finance

And one course selected from:

• ECON134B CM – Advanced Corporate Finance
  • or FIN330 CM – Corporate Financial Management *
• ECON136 CM – Derivatives
  • or FIN420 CM – Asset Pricing and Derivatives *
• ECON138 CM – Debt Markets
  • or FIN425 CM – Fixed Income *
• ECON139 CM – Topics in Investments and Valuation
  • or FIN340 CM – Investments *

NOTE: * Undergraduate students may register for the FIN courses listed in any semester when the ECON course is not offered.

3. Electives (3 courses)

At least 3 courses, selected from:

Economics

• ECON128 CM – Data Science
• ECON129 CM – Game Theory **
• ECON134B CM – Advanced Corporate Finance ***
• ECON135 CM – Money and Banking
• ECON136 CM – Derivatives ***
• ECON137 CM – Special Topics in Corporate Finance ***
• ECON138 CM – Debt Markets ***
• ECON139 CM – Topics in Investments and Valuation ***
• ECON145 CM – International Money and Finance
• or FIN350 CM – International Finance
• ECON150 CM – Asset and Income Measurement (Intermediate Accounting I)
• ECON151 CM – Strategic Cost Management
• ECON154 CM – Financial Statement Analysis
• or FIN440 CM – Advanced Accounting Analysis *
• ECON155 CM – Valuation and Reporting of Financial Liabilities and Equity (Intermediate Accounting II)
• ECON160 CM – Accounting Data Analytics
• ECON165 CM – Industrial Organization
• ECON181 CM – Fintech Practicum
• ECON193 CM – Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
• or FIN450 CM – Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital *
• FIN410 CM – Portfolio Management
• FIN460 CM – Advanced Topics in Finance

Mathematics

• MATH109 CM – Introduction to Mathematics of Finance
• MATH156 CM – Stochastic Processes and Modeling
• MATH180 CM – Partial Differential Equations
• MATH186 CM – Stochastic Operations Research
• MATH188 CM – Mathematics of Game Theory **

Drucker School of Management, CGU

• MGT 339  CG – Financial Derivatives
• MGT 373  CG – Financial Strategy & Policy
• MGT 402  CG – Asset Management Practicum
• MGT 475  CG – Fixed Income

4. Research Project

Students must complete, present, and defend a major research project in the area of financial economics. The project may be the student’s senior thesis, which is also a general education requirement. Students who use the senior thesis for this requirement must register for the one-half credit research seminar course (ECON 180 CM  –  Seminar in Research Methods). Students must present and defend their research at the end of the semester in which they complete their research work.

For more information, visit the CMC Catalog.