Undergraduate Minor in Finance

NYU Tandon School of Engineering undergraduates take an extensive amount of college mathematics and are well-positioned to leverage this background and acquire knowledge of mathematical finance that future employers in your discipline as well as Wall Street will value.

The Department of Finance and Risk Engineering’s undergraduate Minor in Finance is designed to provide students with an excellent undergraduate grounding in finance.

The Minor in Finance is open to all students who have completed the prerequisite requirements for the required and elective courses (see below). To apply for the minor, please visit the Registrar for further instructions.

You will need to complete 15 credits of courses designated as FIN-UY to earn a Minor in Finance. At least 9 of these credits must be FIN-UY. Please take a look at the list of courses that can be substituted below. If there are other courses that you would like considered for substitution, email the FIN advisor for approval.

You must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in FIN classes to successfully complete the Minor in Finance.

• FIN-UY2003: Economic Foundations of Finance
  • Unurjargal Nyambuu Syllabus
  • Barry Blecherman Syllabus
• FIN-UY2103: Creating and Understanding Financial Statements
  • Ingrid Marshall Syllabus
• FIN-UY2203: Corporate Finance and Financial Markets
  • Bruno Kamdem Syllabus
  • Unurjargal Nyambuu Syllabus

Elective Courses

Select at least 2 from the following:

• FIN-UY3213: Financial Management and Risk Engineering
• FIN-UY3233: Derivatives and the Options Market
  • Leon Tatevossian Syllabus
• FIN-UY3403: Entrepreneurship and Financial Management
  • Leon Tatevossian Syllabus
• FIN-UY3503: Financial Risk Modeling & Analytics
  • Arka Bandyopadhyay Syllabus
• FIN-UY4903: Special Topics in Finance and Risk Engineering
  • Ashish Kohli Syllabus
  • Mirela Ivan Syllabus
  • Maercus Cree Syllabus

Business and Technology Management (BTM)

For BTM majors, the Minor in Finance can be achieved by enrolling in the following courses:

• MG-UY 2524
• MG-UY 2204
• MG-UY 3214

BTM majors will also need to take 3 additional FIN-UY courses, 3000 and higher.

FIN-UY courses require knowledge of calculus and other higher mathematics. Please check each course for prerequisite details.

The prerequisite structure of the Minor requires that you complete the core courses before beginning the electives.

Please contact Professor Barry Blecherman with any questions you may have by email at barry.blecherman@nyu.edu or by phone at 646.997.3398.