Achieving financial stability—for yourself, your business, your clients or the organization you are working for—that’s the aim of the finance minor. You can apply what you learn to achieving personal, financial success, managing your own business or supporting local or international organizations to make sound financial choices.
Why take this minor?
In the finance minor, you learn to apply economic principles to financial markets. You develop a broad set of analytical skills while focusing on key finance areas that influence an organization’s current and future business decisions. In this minor, you take senior-level courses in finance, giving you a deeper understanding of this business discipline.
What to expect
Introductory courses in accounting, finance and management lay the groundwork for this minor. Then, in the more advanced courses, you build your analytical and critical thinking skills and apply what you’ve learned to progressively more complex financial scenarios that consider individual, local and global financial issues. You learn how to ensure personal wealth and to consider the worlds of entrepreneurism and new business ventures. You extend your knowledge further to include international financial markets and sustainable finance in the global arena.
The theory behind financial decision making is balanced with practical applications in real-life scenarios.
Program of study
MINOR | BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
This program of study is open to students in the Bachelor of Commerce. Courses for your minor are only one component of your degree. You must complete all courses and requirements outlined in the academic calendar for the year you declare or re-declare your major and minor or the year you are accepted into an Honours program.
Job-ready skills
Finance plays a critical role at all levels of individual, entrepreneurial and organizational success, making it a popular minor for students in any business major.
Your finance minor enhances your understanding of activities associated with:
- Money management
- Banking
- Financial advising
- Capital markets
- Corporate finance
- Investments
In the finance minor, you learn to:
- Think critically and analytically
- Communicate clearly about financial matters
- Analyze data to make informed and accurate financial decisions
- Understand the implications of financial decisions on local and global markets
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