Successful growth for any business entity involves the ability to manage assets and risks through sound financial planning.
As a JMU finance major, you’ll gain a strong foundation in the principles of valuation, financial statement analysis and the concepts behind sound financial decision-making, preparing you for a career in individual, corporate, governmental or international markets. This broad area tends to overlap into a number of specialized fields such as investment management, asset securitization, risk management, real estate and banking.
If you are interested in investment management, you'll learn the analysis of financial investments and the economic interaction between the financial institutions and the financial markets in which they operate. If you are interested in the international aspect of finance, you'll study asset and liability management, capital budgeting, fundraising and exchange transactions for multinational corporations.
Two-time
champions of the state CFA Investment Research Challenge.
The major is a part of the Department of Finance and Business Law, an academic unit within the College of Business.
The finance major combines a rigorous business education with opportunities to apply learning beyond the classroom. Students gain experience using professional financial tools and real-time market data in the Gaglioti Capital Markets Lab, connect with industry professionals and pursue internships that prepare them for the workplace.
Students may tailor the major to their interests through concentrations in Financial Analysis, Financial Technology and Analytics, or Risk Management.
Finance
- Degrees Offered:
- B.B.A. in Finance
- Concentrations:
- Risk Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Technology and Analytics
- Minors: None
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