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Finance is the study of price versus value. It includes the creation and management of money, credit, investments (assets) and liabilities. It consists of the study of financial systems, institutions and instruments (such as stock markets, commercial banks, and bonds). Students work to develop an understanding of these elements while acquiring the skills needed to succeed through various courses, projects, and extracurricular offerings. Recent finance graduates are employed in organizations such as IBM, GE, Credit Suisse, State Street Bank, Citigroup, Duff & Phelps, Vanguard, Scott Trade and Boeing. Others have gone on to do graduate work at Berkeley, Cornell, Wharton, Harvard, NYU, and Northwestern.

Concentration Courses

*RECOMMENDED THAT BSAD 180 BE COMPLETED IN THE SOPHOMORE YEAR CONCURRENT TO BSAD 061.

Required Courses

  • BSAD 181 (3 credits) – Intermediate Financial Management, should be completed in Junior Year (serves as pre-req for BSAD 282)
  • BSAD 282 (3 credits) – Security Valuation & Portfolio Mgt. concurrent to BSAD 280 (1 credit) – Green Mountain Investment Fund


Finance Concentration Course Options, 3 credits each

  • BSAD 183 – International Finance Mgmt.
  • BSAD 184 – Financial Institutions & Markets
  • BSAD 260 – Financial Statement Analysis
  • BSAD 281 – Fixed Income Security Analysis
  • BSAD 285 – Options and Futures
  • BSAD 288 – Wall Street Seminar - by invitation only
  • BSAD 289 – Real Estate Finance
  • BSAD 295 – Investment Banking

Finance Faculty

Dr. Kevin Chiang

Dr. Andrew Prevost

Dr. Charles Schnitzlein

Dr. Michael Tomas III