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IT Concentration: Finance

For those entering the program Fall 2007 semester & beyond

Contact Person: Frank Wright

Description:
The Finance concentration prepares students for careers in the financial sector and in corporate finance functions.

To complement the Information Technology core, the student will experience financial analysis and trading, financial decision making, and their applications. Special finance problems in high-tech industries will be explored, as well as the impact of technology on financial markets, financial institutions, and financial management in modern corporations.

This concentration provides an in-depth understanding of investment decision making and risk management including stocks, bonds, options, futures, and swaps; that is, the elements of financial engineering. You’ll be expected to take additional information systems and operation research courses.

The capstone course will closely integrate the IT and MIS course experiences in an extended application involving either corporate financial information systems or real time trading and market information management.

Required Courses:

Semester I Semester II

ITEC-1961 Introduction to Information Technology

ITEC-1220 Politics and Economics of IT

CSCI-1100 Computer Science I

MATH-1010 Calculus I

CSCI-1200 Computer Science II

MGMT-1100 Introduction to Management

MGMT-2300 Fundamentals of Accounting for Decision Making

Math Elective*

Semester III Semester IV

ITEC-1150 Introduction to UML

ITEC-2961 Creativity and IT

One of:*
- ECSE-2610 Computer Components & Operations and ENGR-2350 Embedded Control
- CSCI-2500 Computer Organization

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

ITEC-2110 Web Systems Development

ITEC-2210 Intro to Human Computer Interaction

One of:*
- ECSE-2660 Computer Arch, Networking & OS
- CSCI-2300 Data Structures & Algorithms

MGMT-2320 Managerial Finance

Semester V Semester VI

ITEC-4310 Managing IT Resources

MGMT-4320 Investments I

Life Science Elective (BIOL-XXXX)

H&SS Elective**

IT Elective (one of):
- CSCI-4380 Database Systems
- MGMT-496X Data Resource Management

MGMT-4330 Investments II

MGMT-4340 Advanced Corporate Finance

ENGR-2600 Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty

Semester VII Semester VIII

ITEC-4100 IT Capstone Experience

One of:
- MGMT-4850 Organizational Behavior in High Performance Organizations
- MGMT-4860 Human Resources in High Performance Organizations
- MGMT-4430 Marketing Principles

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

 

MGMT-4370 Risk Management  

Physical Science Elective (PHYS-XXXX)

Free Elective

H&SS Elective**


Students must satisfy an 8-credit communication requirement. See your advisor for details.

*Select either the three course ECSE sequence or the two course CSCI sequence. If the ECSE sequence is chosen, ENGR-2350 will replace one free elective slot. Move the H&SS Elective to a semester with a free elective. If the CSCI Sequence is chosen, your math elective in Semester II must be MATH-2800 Introduction to Discrete Structures. 

**See H&SS requirements

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