Finance (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2023–Spring 2024 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Finance
Unit: College of Business (BU)
Department: Finance
Academic Plan Code(s): FIN_MINOR
The College of Business offers a minor in Finance available to all UofL students. Completion of program prerequisites with a 2.8 grade point average and a 2.8 cumulative grade point average is required before enrolling in the Finance minor program core courses.
For graduation (in addition to all other degree requirements) a 2.0 GPA is required in the Finance minor courses.
Program Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Program Prerequisites | ||
Non-Business students must have a 2.8 GPA in Program Prerequisites before applying for the minor. | ||
ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics - SB | 3 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics - SB | 3 |
BSTA 201 | Business Statistics 1 | 3 |
MATH 180 | Elements of Calculus - QR 2 | 3 |
Finance Core | ||
CIS 205 | Information Systems in Organizations | 3 |
CIS 305 | Data Analysis for Decision-Making | 3 |
or FIN 310 | Financial Modeling | |
FIN 301 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
FIN 370 | International Finance | 3 |
FIN 401 | Investments | 3 |
FIN 433 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 |
Minimum Total Hours | 36 |
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
2.0 GPA in Finance minor program core coursework and a 2.0 cumulative UofL GPA are required for graduation.