Finance minor

General information

The Finance minor is available to students in the university’s Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) programs.

The Finance minor 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. 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.

Academic requirements to major/minor in the Bachelor of Commerce program

To remain in their major or minor, students must hold a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA (or 2.3 for the Accounting major or minor). Students falling below a 2.0 (or 2.3 in the case of Accounting), will be enrolled in general Commerce.

Finance minor core courses

• BUSI 2401U – Principles of Finance
• BUSI 2402U – Corporate Finance
• BUSI 3410U – Financial Institutions
• BUSI 3470U – Wealth Management Principles

Finance minor electives (choose two)

• 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 4405U – Portfolio and Investment Strategies
• BUSI 4410U – Advanced Corporate Finance Applications
• BUSI 4440U – Financial Econometrics
• BUSI 4450U – Business Applications of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
• BUSI 4490U – Special Topics in Finance