Finance Economics Degree Requirement
The economics-finance major at Bentley University integrates the disciplines of economics and finance. They have a natural relationship to each other that makes them an outstanding combination within a degree program.
Economics provides the fundamental analytical tools to study business programs and issues. It analyzes the forces which determine the factors of vital importance to business such as employment, inflation, interest rates, investments, business fluctuations, and international economic issues. Finance examines capital and money markets and provides the tools of analysis to deal with financial charges arising from an ever changing economy.
This major provides students with a solid grounding in economics and financial institutions and a conceptual framework which can be applied to industry, banking or government. The major is ideally suited for those students who wish to enter the financial services field, since it provides them with a strong base in both economics and financial analysis.
Past graduates have taken positions in both management and financial training programs, banking services, and government. The degree is also an excellent preparation for graduate study. Internship opportunities are available for qualified students.
Required Courses
| AC 312 | Financial AC and Reporting II* |
| EC 224 | Intermediate Price Theory |
| EC 225 | Intermediate Macroeconomics Analysis |
| EC 391 | Monetary Economics |
| EC | Two Electives |
| FI 305 | Principles of Accounting & Finance |
| FI 320 | Financial Markets |
| FI XXX | Two Electives |
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 | Introduction 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.
Economics Electives
| EC 211 | Money and Banking |
| EC 231 | Industrial and Labor Relations |
| EC 232 | The Economics of Human Recourses |
| EC 245 | Business Forecasting |
| EC 251 | Development of Economic Thoughts |
| EC 261 | Public Finance |
| EC 270 | Industrial Organization and Markets |
| EC 271 | Economics of Regulation and Antitrust |
| EC 311 | International Economics |
| EC 315 | The Economics of Multinational |
| EC 321 | International Economic Growth and Development |
| EC 331 | Modern Economic Systems |
| EC 335 | Transition Economics |
| EC 341 | Urban and Regional Economics |
| EC 343 | Health Economics |
| EC 346 | Environmental Economics |
| EC 351 | Contemporary Economic Issues |
| EC 361 | Introduction to Econometrics |
| EC 371 | Mathematical Tools in Economics |
| EC 381 | Research in Managerial Economics |
