Finance Minor

The Finance minor, consisting of 18 credits, is open to all students. This minor intends to prepare students to work in finance. Finance minor students will gain a fundamental understanding of financial competences that allow them to access the complex problems in the finance industry and implement effective and innovative solutions. To complete the minor, students will be required to take four courses in Business Management plus one additional elective course.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will develop effective communication and critical thinking skills to recognize and resolve problems in a financial context.
Students will demonstrate the knowledge that firms expect as well as the critical advanced investment analysis and portfolio management skills that are needed in investment management today.
Students will have the ability to interpret the theoretical concepts used in the finance industry.

About Academic Minors

Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).

Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost. Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor. A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's transcript at the time of graduation.

A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of study.
Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation in their primary major.
Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the minor.
Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some minors may require a higher GPA.
Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major (e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
Students are permitted to double-count courses.
Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval of their department chair or curriculum Dean.

Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.

Business | Dr. Nanda Viswanathan | business@farmingdale.edu | 934-420-2015

Fall 2026

Subject to revision

Required:	(12 credits)
BUS 291 Investments	3
BUS 307 Corporate Finance	3
BUS 308 Quantitative Techniques in Finance	3
BUS 404 Financial Markets and Institutions	3

Electives ( students must choose two)	(6 credits)
BUS 390/391 Selected Topics in Finance	3 - 6
BUS 411 Financial Statement Analysis	3
BUS 421 Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance	3
BUS 473 International Finance for Business II	3
ECO 305 Real Estate Economics and Finance	3
ECO 342 Financial Economics	3
ECO 410 Public Finance	3
MTH 246 Introduction to Financial Mathematics	3
MTH 346 Continuous Time Finance	3
MTH 446 Financial Engineering	3

Curriculum Summary

Total Credits: 18