Finance Major

Finance graduates have diverse career choices, exemplified by the careers of our finance graduates in credit management, real estate, international banking, financial advising and consulting, bank examination, loan processing, and insurance underwriting. Career choices are also abundant in the not- for-profit sector, such as education, health care, and government service agencies. Finance careers reflect a love for solving puzzles and strong analytical skills.

The integrative nature of the Tabor School’s Finance Program helps ensure that graduates’ analytical skills will continue to be successfully applied as changes alter the business environment, including recent e-business innovations.
Our graduates work for such well-known companies as Caterpillar, State Farm, Prudential, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Anderson Consulting, Mitsubishi, Country Companies, Archer Daniels Midland, UPS, and many others.

Recent Millikin finance graduates have careers with titles as diverse as credit manager, federal bank examiner, compliance officer in banking, customer service representative in banking, consultant for major consulting firms, broker in both stock and futures markets, traffic analyst, financial analyst, director of materials management, financial adviser, grain merchandiser, river terminal manager, small business owners, and many others. Across industries, numerous CEOs have finance as their background.

Many successful business graduates eventually pursue a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA). The finance major provides an ideal background for the MBA or for law school. Those with interests in law school should seriously consider electives in economics as well. The finance degree provides the flexibility needed for those who seek employment immediately after graduation, but also prepares those who wish to do graduate study.

For students graduating after Spring 2012:

Finance Curriculum
For students graduating by Spring 2012:

Finance Curriculum

Finance Minor

Millikin University's New Student Managed Fund

The Finance Majors now have the opportunity to leave Millikin a step ahead of the competition. The opportunity to manage real money is not only available, but part of the curriculum. Find out more in this article published in the Herald and Review:

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Required courses (18 hours):
Tabor School of Business core requirements
EC 100 Macroeconomics (3)
EC 110 Microeconomics (3)
AC 230 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
AC 240 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
FI 340 Introduction to Financial Management (3)
FI 352 Investments (3)

Elective Courses (Choose two - 6 Credit Hours):
FI 354 International Finance (3)
FI 361 Financial Statements Analysis (3) must be taken with FI 365
FI 365 Corporate Finance 3) must be taken with FI 361
EC 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) alternate years
EC 322 ntermediate Microeconomics (3) alternate years
EC 310 Managerial Economics (3)
Note: The prerequisites for FI 352 include MA 220. Students should be advised to satisfy quantitative reasoning requirement with MA 120.

Finance Minor Curriculum