Finance Major

Carmel Boyer School of Business
(440) 260-4000

OVERVIEW

From high-end securities to low-risk management, finance is a dynamic field melding strategic thinking with skilled business practices.

As a finance major, you'll examine the sources and uses of funds within an organization as well as calculate returns and risks associated with capital budgeting.

Well respected in the business community, BW's Finance program prepares you for success. You'll learn from professors whose backgrounds include decades of corporate, government and nonprofit experience both national and international in scope.

At BW, real-world experiences are key. You can intern at renowned corporations and leading government agencies in Cleveland and nationwide.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Financial analyst
Risk manager
Stock broker
Commodity trader
Corporate accountant
Financial officer
Auditor
Loan counselor
Treasurer
Controller

Students use the Bloomberg terminals in the BW Business Research Center.

The Business Research Center features 12 terminals equipped with Bloomberg Professional service.

The winning BW team of students

Tenacious BW business students claim second place in national competition November 25

The contest, featuring big-name schools, gave students the substantial challenge of analyzing the value of a privately held entity.

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Sherwin-Williams Career Accelerator official kickoff event

First hires spell early success for BW Sherwin-Williams Career Accelerator August 28

After its April arrival on campus, the program has already yielded summer internships and its first two full-time hires.

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Dane McNulty '24 (right), talks through a finance project with Carmel Boyer School of Business dean Dr. Susan Kuznik (left) in BW’s Bloomberg Business Research Center.

BW students tout investing as path to financial freedom May 10

In a column originally appearing on cleveland.com, BW grads Ryan Rivera, MBA '24, and Dane McNulty '24 share real-world lessons they learned on investing young.

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CURRICULUM

A comprehensive rigorous program, finance is offered as a major and minor. You'll examine the sources and uses of funds within an organization, the returns and risks related to an organization's working capital, and capital budgeting decisions.

The finance major prepares students to:

Recall business terms, concepts, and principles and effectively communicate these, through both oral and written means, using the language of business
Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze information and produce improved business decisions and generate effective recommendations for better course of action or opportunity for improvement
Demonstrate relevant application of business knowledge
Exhibit high standards of ethical awareness and conduct and recognize ethical issues businesses/people face in today's world
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the content areas and tools necessary for a finance professional
Analyze financial decisions using tools, techniques, and theory commonly used by finance professionals

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions, requirements for the major and additional information can be found in the University Catalog.

STUDENT EXPERIENCES

Our world-class faculty will help you make your educational experience everything you want it to be. Small class sizes and an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio mean professors get to know you and your interests.

Experiential learning bridges classroom study with real-world opportunities. You can enhance your studies through internships, fellowships, study abroad and a variety of co-curricular and other learning opportunities.

Investment Club

Students experience real life investing by managing a six-figure portfolio of real stocks from the BW Endowment. The students make decisions based on their own research of equity securities. Members have attended a shareholders meeting, visited the New York Stock Exchange and competed with other colleges in academic competitions. A number of club alumni have received internships and employment at local and national firms specializing in finance and stock analysis.

View all business student organizations and experiential learning programs.