Finance Department

Finance Accounting Degree Requirement

The finance and accounting program at Bentley University has been carefully designed to provide students with the skills they need to begin a successful career in corporate finance. The widespread application of information technology by companies in the United States and around the globe has dramatically changed the nature of corporate finance. Numerous studies show that corporate finance professional have experienced dramatic reduction in the time they spend processing transactions, while giving increased attention to cost and profitability analysis, strategic planning, process improvement and performance evaluation.

Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is built into several courses to allow students an opportunity to better understand the integrated IT systems that most major companies in the United States and the world use to process transactions, prepare statutory and management reports and evaluate operations throughout the organization. Leveraging the college’s long-respected traditions in accounting and finance, this new program offers students the opportunity to learn how to integrate technology into corporate finance and accounting practices. Bentley students graduate with a solid understanding of finance and accounting concepts and methodologies, advanced course work in communication, and exposure to the information technology systems used by leading corporations.

Required Accounting and Finance Courses

AC 311 Financial Accounting and Reporting I 
AC 312 Financial Accounting and Reporting II
AC 310 Cost Management 
FI 305 Principles of Accounting and Finance
FI 351 International Finance
FI 380 Advanced Managerial Finance
AF 450 Performance Measurement and Evaluation
AC or FI (Recommended Elective)
AC or FI (Recommended Elective)
IDCC 320 Managerial Communication

Recommended Finance Accounting Electives

AC 315 Advanced Topics in Cost Management
AC 340 Accounting Information Systems
AC 352 Federal Taxation
FI 320 Financial Markets
FI 385 Corporate Treasury in Finance

Finance Electives

FI 312 Advanced Topics in Investments
FI 318 Estate Investment Decisions
FI 319 Mortgages and Mortgage Markets
FI 325 Operations of Financial Institutions
FI 327 Insurance and Risk Management
FI 330 Seminar in Equity Trading
FI 331 Capital Markets
FI 340 Intro. to Professional Financial Planning
FI 370 Seminar in Financial Institutions
FI 398 Advanced Topics in Financial Planning
FI 401 * Directed Study in Finance
FI 402  Selected Topics in Finance
FI 411 Research Seminar in Finance
FI 421 * Internship in Finance

*Only one (FI 401 or FI 421) can be used as a finance elective,
not both. 

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