Program Requirements

1. Students must maintain or exceed a 2.0 GPA to graduate with the minor.
2. A student must take 12 of the 15 hours of required business courses in the minor while in residence at the University of Colorado Denver. If a student has already taken the equivalent of one or more of these courses at another university, other higher-level business courses may be substituted with the approval of the Business School.
3. Students must have declared the Finance minor to register for any of the upper-division FNCE courses or petition separately to take each of these courses.

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  Take all of the following required prerequisite and proficiency courses:

• MATH 1060 - Finite Mathematics (talk to an advisor about substituting a higher level math)
• ECON 2012 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
• ECON 2022 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
• BANA 2010 - Business Statistics (BANA 2010 can be substituted with an upper division stats course such as ECON 3811  or MATH 3800 )

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  Take all of the following courses:

• ACCT 2200 - Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
• FNCE 3000 - Principles of Finance

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  Take three of the following courses:

• FNCE 3500 - Management of Business Capital
• FNCE 3600 - Financial Markets and Institutions
• FNCE 3700 - Investment and Portfolio Management
• FNCE 4370 - International Financial Management
• FNCE 4500 - Corporate Financial Decisions
• FNCE Elective (Can be from list above or any other upper-division FNCE course)