Required Courses
HSIF is open to students in the School of Business whose studies focus on finance. For undergraduates, this means a major in business with a concentration in finance. For MBA and PMBA students, it means they must have chosen finance as their concentration. All students in the Masters of Finance program are eligible. Only students with a 3.0 GPA or higher may join the HSIF team.
In addition, the following requirements must be met before joining the team:
Undergraduates:
BUS 106, BUS 132 and BUS 136 with a B or better in each course.
Graduate students:
MGT 202 with a B+ or better. Students who waived out of MGT 202 are also eligible.
Recommended Courses
Relevant Courses for Undergraduates
YEAR 1
ECON 3 — Introduction to Microeconomics
BUS 10 — Intro to Business
ECON 2 — Introduction to Macroeconomics
BUS 21 — Generation of Financial Accounting Information
CS 8 — Introduction to Computing
STAT 48 — Statistics for Business
YEAR 2
ECON 102 — Microeconomic Theory
BUS 106 — Financial Theories and Markets
BUS 165A — Intermediate Financial Accounting
BUS 132 — Foundations of Finance
ECON 101 — Statistics for Economics
BUS 136 — Securities Analysis and Portfolio Investment
YEAR 3
BUS 134 — Corporate Finance
BUS 141 — Trading Strategies
BUS 131 — Fixed Income
BUS 142 — Risks of Financial Institutions and Banking
YEAR 4
BUS 137 — Derivatives
BUS 139 — Real Estate
BUS 138 — International Finance
Relevant Courses for Graduate Students
QUARTER 1
MGT 201 — Quantitative Methods
MGT 211 — Accounting
MGT 202 — Financial Management
QUARTER 2
MGT 252 — Portfolio Management
MGT 295F — Seminar in Asset Pricing
MGT 232 — Derivatives
QUARTER 3
MGT 227 — Fixed Income
MGT 244 — Risk Management
Summer Internship
QUARTER 4
MGT 237 — International Finance