Finance Major - B.S.

This major is offered to students who want to specialize in Finance. As with all academics at Wheaton, this major ensures a solid foundation of skills and knowledge while allowing each student to shape it to fit their desires. It also prepares them to work across several different types of careers in finance, accounting, and the global financial industry. Students would complete MGMT401 Senior Seminar as their capstone course and will be required to complete an internship as part of their degree requirements.

The major consists of 52 credits and an internship.

Forty credits in Core Courses:

ECON 101 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Microeconomics
MATH 151 Introduction to Data Science
- students who have taken a Statistics course (MATH/MGMT/SOC/PSY 141) are required to take COMP 115 Problem Solving and Python Programming in lieu of MATH 151)
MGMT 111 Fundamentals of Business
MGMT 210 Business and Management Responsibility
MGMT 250 Accounting
MGMT 255 Corporate Finance
MGMT 298 Financial Markets and Institutions
MGMT 370 Investments

Twelve credits chosen from:

Financial Analytics (new course to be offered Fall 2025)

Internship

As a Finance major, you will be required to participate in at least one internship experience as part of the requirements for the major. The required internship will expand your understanding of Finance. The internship that counts towards this requirement must be approved by the department chair in advance.

Prerequisites before you participate in the required internship:

And at least one of the following courses: