Financial Economics Sequence

1. Prerequisite Courses in Mathematics, Economics, and Statistics

• MATH 031 CM  -  Calculus II 
• ECON 086 CM  -  Accounting for Decision Making 
• ECON 101 CM  -  Intermediate Microeconomics 
• ECON 125 CM  -  Econometrics 

Note: These courses may be used to meet other major or general education requirements.

2. Core Courses in Financial Economics

Two courses, selected from:

• ECON 134 CM  -  Corporate Finance  (required)
  and one of the following courses:
• ECON 134B CM  -  Advanced Corporate Finance 
• ECON 136 CM -  Derivatives 
• ECON 137 CM  -  Special Topics in Corporate Finance 
• ECON 139 CM  -  Topics in Investments and Valuation 

3. Elective Courses in Financial Economics

At least three courses, selected from:

Economics

• ECON 129 CM  -  Game Theory  *
• ECON 134B CM  -  Advanced Corporate Finance  **
• ECON 135 CM  -  Money and Banking 
• ECON 136 CM  -  Derivatives  **
• ECON 137 CM  -  Special Topics in Corporate Finance  **
• ECON 138 CM  -  Current Issues in Money and Finance 
• ECON 139 CM  -  Topics in Investments and Valuation  **
• ECON 145 CM  -  International Money and Finance 
• ECON 150 CM  -  Asset and Income Measurement (Intermediate Accounting I) 
• ECON 154 CM  -  Financial Statement Analysis 
• ECON 164 CM  -  Economics of Strategy 
• ECON 165 CM  -  Industrial Organization 

Mathematics

• MATH 109 CM  -  Introduction to Mathematics of Finance 
• MATH 156 CM  -  Stochastic Processes and Modeling 
• MATH 180 CM  -  Partial Differential Equations 
• MATH 188 CM  -  Mathematics of Game Theory  *

Drucker School of Management

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

Notes:

* Students may take either ECON 129 CM  or MATH 188 CM , but not both to satisfy the elective requirement.

** These courses may only be used for the elective requirement if they are not used to satisfy the core requirement.

4. Research Project

Students must complete 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 ), and will be asked to present and defend their research at the end of the semester in which they complete their research work.