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The Finance major at UW-Green Bay is designed to provide future financial professionals with practical and theoretical knowledge of various financial components, such as investments, corporate finance, capital markets, banking, risk management, international financial management, and personal financial management. Graduates from the Finance program will be prepared to work as financial analysts, financial managers, financial advisors, security analysts, portfolio managers, insurance underwriters, stock brokers, mortgage underwriters, bank branch managers, and in other finance-related positions.

The program provides considerable exposure to the liberal arts and develops the critical thinking, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, quantitative and computer skills needed by graduates to successfully serve as leaders within modern organizations. The program also addresses contemporary organizational issues such as global competition, social responsibility and ethics, sustainability, and the relationship between organizations and various environmental forces.

The supporting and core courses provide breadth and introduce each student to the foundations of business knowledge, including communication, economics, statistics, computers, accounting, finance, management, and marketing. Subject-focal upper-level courses prepare Finance students for their professional careers by providing in-depth coverage of major areas in Finance, including Investments, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Real Estate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, International Financial Management, and Personal Financial Management.

Finance students have extensive opportunities to meet business professionals and gain practical experience. A vibrant Student Finance Association supports these efforts and helps students to meet others with like interests. Students have the opportunity to broaden their professional networks as organizational members, or to develop their leadership skills through service as student officers.  Finance faculty are experts in their field and encourage students to participate in internship programs through which students learn and earn credits while working in real business settings.

Entrance and Exit Requirements

Students can declare a Finance major at any time with any number of credits through a simple online process.  To declare, students must complete an online Declaration of Major/Minor/Certificate e-form, which includes reading and accepting an Honor Code (pre-declaration form). Your advisor will be assigned to you after the e-form is received.

Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 to proceed in the course progression for a Finance major. All students must meet Finance’s exit requirement to graduate with a Finance major. Students intending to graduate with this major must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average.

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Curriculum Guide

Finance Major

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