Finance minor

General information

The Finance minor is available to students in UOIT’s Bachelor of Commerce programs.

The Finance minor in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program requires a minimum of 18 credit hours in finance courses. Students must complete four required finance courses and a minimum of two additional finance courses.

Admission requirements

Students can apply to have a business minor added to their program in the winter semester of their second year in the program. Admission is competitive and based on performance in the program as well as previous business courses. Students must have a minimum 2.3 GPA (C+ average on a 4.3 scale) to be considered as well as at least a C+ average in Marketing in the Information Technology Sector (for Marketing minor) or Introduction to Project Management (for the Operations Management or Game Production Management minors). Students will be notified by their academic advisor by the end of May in their second year if they are accepted into their desired minor program.

Finance minor core courses

• BUSI 2401U – Finance I
• BUSI 2402U – Finance II
• BUSI 3410U – Financial Institutions
• BUSI 3430U – Personal Finance

Finance minor electives

• BUSI 3150U – Financial Statement Analysis
• BUSI 3405U – Equity Asset Analysis
• BUSI 3420U – Derivative Securities
• BUSI 3440U – Financial Modelling
• BUSI 3460U – Fixed Income Strategies
• BUSI 3480U – International Finance
• BUSI 4400U – Electronic Trading and Exchange
• BUSI 4405U – Portfolio and Investment Strategies
• BUSI 4410U – Advanced Corporate Finance Applications
• BUSI 4420U – Working Capital Management
• BUSI 4430U – Mergers and Acquisitions
• BUSI 4440U – Financial Econometrics
• BUSI 4490U – Special Topics in Finance
• BUSI 4499U – Directed Independent Studies in Finance