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Finance Minor

Description

The minor in finance is excellent preparation for students who are planning to take the actuary exam but are not majoring in a business discipline.

Admission to the Program

The minor in finance is open to undergraduate students who are not pursuing a major administered by the School of Business Administration and Economics.

Undergradute students are required to have successfully completed CIS 106 with a "C-" or higher, or to have equivalent word processing and spreadsheet skills, in order to declare the minor.

Program Requirements

All students pursuing the minor in accounting are bound by the policies, terms, and conditions proscribed for study in the School of Business Administration and Economics.

A minor in finance consists of 21 credits of selected business and economics course work as described below, with a minimum of 12 credits of course work completed at Brockport.

A student's cumulative GPA in Brockport courses used to satisfy requirements of the minor must be at least 2.0.

Required Coursework (21 credits)

• ONE of the following accounting courses:
  • ACC 280 Introduction to Accounting
  • ACC 281 Introduction to Financial Accounting
• ECN 201 Principles of Microeconomics
• ECN 204 Introduction to Statistics
• BUS 325 Principles of Finance
• BUS 421 Investment Analysis
• BUS 422 Corporate Financial Policy
• ONE finance elective chosen from:
  • BUS 420
  • BUS 428
  • BUS 445
  • ECN 425

Note: Minors should carefully check the catalog to see if they have completed the prerequisites for the electives that they choose. Whenever the terms "MTH 111 or higher" or "MTH 201 or higher" are used, the following math courses are excluded: MTH 243, 313 and 441.

 

Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Management Information Systems

Department Chair: James Cordeiro
Location: Hartwell 119
Visit Website
Email: mderleth@brockport.edu
Phone: (585) 395-2623
Fax: (585) 395-2542

Related Programs

Other Undergraduate Programs

• Accounting Major
• Accounting Minor
• Economics Minor
• Finance Major

Graduate Programs

• Master of Science in Forensic Accounting

Faculty & Staff

John M Anfuso MBA
(Rochester Institute Of Technology)
Lecturer

Kymberly A Bailey BS
(SUNY College At Brockport)
Adjunct Lecturer

Stephen S Briggs MBA
(University Of Rochester)
Adjunct Lecturer

Charles Callahan Ph.D
(University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign)
Associate Professor

Tamoya Christie Ph.D
(Georgia State University)
Assistant Professor

Thomas E Cone Ph.D
(Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
Associate Professor

Jack S Cook Ph.D
(Washington State University)
Assistant Professor

James J Cordeiro Ph.D
(SUNY At Buffalo)
Professor and Chair

Robert Gluckman MBA
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Lecturer

Jilleen Hays MBA
(University Of Maine)
Adjunct Lecturer

Yuanlong He Ph.D
(University Of Cincinnati-Main Campus)
Assistant Professor

Daniel J Hraber MS
(Madonna University)
Lecturer

Timothy Hungerford MBA
(Rochester Institute Of Technology)
Adjunct Lecturer

Wei-Chuan Kao MBA
(National Taiwan University)
Assistant Professor

D Donald Kent Ph.D
(Union College)
Associate Professor

Lisa M Koch MBA
(University Of Rochester)
Adjunct Lecturer

David Mandrycky BS
(SUNY College At Brockport)
Adjunct Lecturer

Pamela Neely Ph.D
(SUNY At Albany)
Assistant Professor

Jane B Romal DBA
(Cleveland State University)
Associate Professor

Sandeep Singh Ph.D
(Kent State University-Main Campus)
Professor

Kari Smoker MS
(Golden Gate University-San Francisco)
Assistant Professor

Kyongsei Sohn Ph.D
(George Washington University)
Assistant Professor

Manish Tewari Ph.D
(University Of Central Florida)
Assistant Professor

Mark Vroblefski Ph.D
(SUNY At Buffalo)
Assistant Professor

James C Weaver Ph.D
(Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)
Adjunct Lecturer