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Finance Major
FINANCE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Students must complete the following courses for the Finance major: FIN 202 Quantitative Reasoning; FIN 310 Financial Management I; FIN 311 Financial Management II; FIN 312 Corporate Financial Management; FIN 320 Money and Banking; FIN 330 Investments: Securities and Markets; FIN 333 Financial Statements and Security Analysis and two Finance major electives. The Department of Finance enforces all course prerequisites; exceptions will not be made. FIN 312 Corporate Financial Management is a capstone course—taking this course during the last semester of studies is recommended. Students are also encouraged to seek an internship with a Chicago-area business during the summer preceding either their junior or senior year.

REAL ESTATE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Students must complete the following courses for the Real Estate major: FIN 202 Quantitative Reasoning; FIN 310 Financial Management I; FIN 320 Money and Banking; FIN 350 Real Estate Analysis; FIN 352 Real Estate Finance; FIN 353 Real Estate Investment; BLW 300 Real Estate Law; and two Real Estate major electives that may be chosen from among over twenty classes, including such courses as ART 339 Chicago Architecture/Urbanism; ECO 310 Urban Economics; FIN 354 Real Estate Valuation; GEO 333 City Problems and Planning; HST 240 History of Chicago; PPS 359 Topics in Urban Studies and SOC 345 Urban Sociology.

DECLARATION OF MAJOR
For a student to become a major in the Department of Finance (Finance or Real Estate), the following conditions must be met: The student must (1) possess a cumulative GPA of 2.7; (2) have received a minimum grade of C- in each Introductory course provided the cumulative GPA in these courses is not less than 2.0; (3) have received at least a B- in FIN 310; (4) have received a minimum grade of C- in each Finance/Real Estate course (with the exception of FIN 310) provided the cumulative Finance GPA is not less than 2.7; and (5), if a transfer student, have completed 28 hours of credit at DePaul University. Students are eligible to declare their major as soon as they have completed FIN 310 with a grade of B- or better.

Finance Minor

MINOR

Commerce students may obtain a minor in Finance by completing the following courses: FIN 310 Financial Management I with a B- or better; FIN 311 Financial Management II; FIN 320 Money & Banking; FIN 330 Investments: Securities & Markets; and two Finance electives. Students may declare a minor in Finance by completing a Declaration of Minor form. The student’s eligibility for candidacy is based upon the following criteria: (1) a GPA of 2.700 or above in all Finance courses and (2) a cumulative GPA of 2.700 in all academic work. A grade of C- or better is required in all Finance course work, with the exception of FIN 310, which requires a minimum grade of B- provided the cumulative Finance GPA is not less than 2.700.

NON-COLLEGE OF COMMERCE MINOR

Non-Commerce students may obtain a minor in Finance by completing the following courses: FIN 310 Financial Management I with a B- or better; FIN 311 Financial Management II; FIN 320 Money & Banking; FIN 330 Investments-Securities & Markets; and two Finance elective courses. Non-Commerce Students may declare a minor in Finance with their home college. The student's eligibility for candidacy is based upon the following criteria: (1) a GPA of 2.700 or above in all Finance courses and (2) a cumulative GPA of 2.700 in all academic work. A grade of C- or better is required in all Finance course work, with the exception of FIN 310 which requires a minimum grade of B- provided the cumulative Finance GPA is not less than 2.700.

In order to enroll in FIN 310, students must (1) have received a minimum grade of C- in the following courses: BMS 125, BMS 126 and BMS 142, ACC 101, ACC 102, ECO 105 and ECO 106 (or equivalents); and (2) have a cumulative GPA of no less than 2.0 in these courses.

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