伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校

Close connections to Chicago’s financial markets provide world-class experiential learning opportunities. Students majoring in finance have access to an active research faculty working across a wide range of subjects, including international finance, investment, corporate finance, finance economics, and commodity markets. Exposure to new research and age-old questions prepares students to be leaders in the financial services industry.

Curriculum

The finance curriculum prepares students for a range of opportunities in finance, including trading, corporate finance and banking. Through close ties with finance professionals, we supplement the course materials with guest speakers from across the financial sectors. Our research faculty provide students with innovative educational programs that help students apply new insights to critical business problems.

At UIC Business, we help students find their dream careers. Some students may choose a "specialization" for their studies that lead to certain career paths in finance. These include corporate financial analysis; investment management; banking; global finance; real estate; and risk management.

Program Outcomes

With a finance degree, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to:

• Prepare financial statements, business activity reports and forecasts
• Review company financial reports and seek ways to reduce costs
• Analyze market trends to find opportunities for expansion or for acquiring other companies
• Help management make financial decisions
• Recommend individual investments and collections of investments or portfolios
• Study a company’s financial statements to determine its value
• Buy and sell securities, such as stocks and bonds
• Buy and sell commodities, such as corn, oil and gold
• Monitor financial markets and the performance of individual securities
• Evaluate cost and revenue of agreements
• UIC Business students are prepared for jobs in corporate finance, banking, trading and financial services positions.

Course Suggestions for Finance Careers

Students should select courses based upon their interests and career goals. The finance courses listed below suggest which courses are most appropriate for alternative career paths.

Corporate Financial Analysis

This area provides an introduction to the work of the financial officer of a company focusing on financial statements, financial characteristics, and financial strategies of different types of firms.

Investment Management

This area provides an introduction to the theory and practice of managing investments. The professional investment manager must be aware of the vast range of investments available in the modern economy, the factors that determine returns and risks, and methods used to hedge risks.

Banking

The banking system is crucial to the proper functioning of modern industrialized economies. This area provides an introduction to the structure and functions of the modern financial system, the roles played by commercial and central banks, the impact of regulatory and monetary policies, and the management of commercial banks.

Global Finance

This area provides an introduction to international financial markets and the firm’s financial management in a global context. FIN 340 and FIN 442 are the central courses.

Real Estate

Real estate represents a significant portion of the assets held both by firms and by households. This area provides an introduction to legal, economic, and financial aspects of real estate in the context of the Chicago metropolitan area

Risk Management

This area prepares students for careers in areas of the financial industry that involve financial risk management.