In today's financial landscape, a clear understanding of credit risk and financial analysis is crucial for businesses to make sound lending and investment decisions. Students should emerge with a greater understanding of capital markets. This concentration is designed to equip students with the analytical skills, risk assessment frameworks, and financial evaluation techniques required to succeed in the credit and lending industry.
The Fixed Income and Credit Analysis concentration is reflected as a track within the major upon declaration. The track allows students to focus their major elective coursework in a concentrated area of study without requiring any additional courses beyond those already needed to complete the major.
Notes:
- Students pursuing this concentration must submit a concentration declaration form.
- Please note students must earn a grade of a B or higher in 33:390:300 Financial Management in order to declare this concentration option.
- This concentration is ONLY open to declared Finance majors.
- Upon graduation, successful completion of the concentration will be recorded on the student’s final transcript as the student’s major curriculum (Finance with Fixed Income and Credit Analysis). The concentration will not appear on the transcript prior to graduation.
Concentration requirements (21 credits total)
Required Courses (18 credits): Students are required to take the following six courses.
| COURSE # | TITLE | CREDITS |
| 33:390:380 | Investment Analysis | 3 |
| 33:390:400 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| 33:390:420 | Derivatives (pre-req 33:390:380) | 3 |
| 33:390:385 | Investment Banking Analysis (pre-req 33:390:400) | 3 |
| 33:390:490 | Fixed Income (pre-req 33:390:380) | 3 |
| 33:390:491 | Credit Analysis (pre-req 33:390:380) | 3 |
Elective Courses (3 credits):
Students must choose one additional finance elective to complete this concentration.