Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Business Administration (Finance Concentration)] From Saint Louis University

If you choose to major in finance at SLU, you’ll examine the way businesses raise and invest capital and the way individuals allocate savings. You will also learn about investment alternatives and how markets work to equate the demand for capital by firms and the supply of capital by investors.

The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business offers undergraduate students the chance to study to be a chartered financial analyst (CFA). This track consists of a set of six finance and two accounting courses.

The Department of Finance is a CFA University Affiliated Program. This initiative is a relationship between the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute and select colleges and universities around the world — including only 86 U.S. schools — that have embedded a significant percentage (70 percent) of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge into their degree programs. In addition, these institutions have committed to covering CFA Institute ethical and professional standards in these degree programs. Recognition as a CFA University Affiliate provides a signal to potential students, current students and the marketplace that the university curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well suited to preparing students to sit for the CFA exams.

You will also choose from electives including insurance, real estate, commercial real estate, applied portfolio management and financial planning.

The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business also offers resources for students outside the classroom, including a chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, a national honors finance, accounting and information technology professional fraternity.