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Banking & Financial Services Minor

The Banking and Financial Services Minor provides students with basic problem-solving and analytical tools necessary to be successful in banking, savings institutions, credit unions, securities firms and investment banks, mutual funds management, managing insurance services firms, and finance companies. Banking and Financial Services is a rigorous and highly respected field of study that prepares students for career options including VP of Commercial Lending, Bank Manager, Investment Banker, Securities Trader, Portfolio Manager, Bank Regulator and Financial Executive.

Career Opportunities

Whether working in private industry or government, you can:

  • Become a Vice President of Commercial Lending serving the financing need of business, which may lead to being a Bank President
  • Manage savings institutions, credit unions and finance companies
  • Conduct securities analysis, manage mutual funds, advise investors, and design optimal investment portfolios
  • Design and promote financial products for insurance companies, banks, securities firms and other financial institutions

Scholarships and Internships

Many scholarship opportunities are available for qualified students majoring in finance with a concentration in banking and financial services. Internships are available in industrial corporations, banks, thrift institutions and securities firms. The concentration includes paid student internships with banks and financial services institutions, student and faculty interaction with the banking and financial services community.

Minor Requirements

For Students Whose Major Is in Another Department in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics (9 hours):

  • FIR 1220 - Personal Financial Management
  • FIR 3720 - Financial Markets
  • FIR 4710 - Commercial Banking
  • FIR 4720 - Management of Financial Institutions

For Students Whose Major Is within another College at the University (21 hours)

  • ACCT 2010 - Fundamentals of Acct I
  • ECON 2010 - Intro to Macroeconomics
  • ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics
  • FIR 3410 - Financial Management

And 9 hours chosen from the following:

  • FIR 1220 - Personal Financial Management
  • FIR 3720 - Financial Markets
  • FIR 4710 - Commercial Banking
  • FIR 4720 - Management of Financial Institutions