金融是对财富创造和管理的研究。财务专业的学生学习如何评估和控制资产和风险，以最大程度地提高所有者或受益人的价值。这涉及日常活动，例如收款/付款以及与银行和其他金融机构的互动。还涉及以下方面的长期计划：购买什么建筑和设备，购买或发行什么股票，管理股息和利息，使用保险保护资产并开发新的金融工具或服务。金融专业的学生可以在桌子的两边为职业做准备：作为投资的卖方或买方，信贷寻求者或信贷授予者，以及保险服务的提供者或接受者。金融专业的学生选择了37个学时的核心业务课程，该课程以现实世界中业务功能领域之间的相互关系为
Finance is the study of the creation and management of wealth. A Finance major learns how to evaluate and control assets and risks to maximize the value to owners or beneficiaries. This involves such day-to-day activities as collecting/paying money and interacting with banks and other financial institutions. Also involved is long-range planning about what building and equipment to buy, what stocks to purchase or issue, managing dividends and interest, using insurance to protect assets and developing new financial instruments or services. Finance majors are prepared for careers on either side of the desk: as sellers or buyers of investments, as credit seekers or credit grantors, and as purveyors or recipients of insurance services. Finance majors take a 37-credit-hour core business curriculum that is modeled on the interrelationships among the functional areas of business as they occur in the real world. Emphasis is on developing skills for effective teamwork, communication and leadership?the skills employers value highly.