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Finance Electives
Dr. Brian F. Smith
Finance Area Coordinator
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Choosing Finance Electives:
Start with Career Choice
Are you aiming for a career on Bay or Wall Street?
• Investment Banker
• Sales and Trading
• Investment Analyst
• Investment Manager
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Electives Important for Preparing
for CFA exams
• Key Courses (Covering major portions of
content)
– BU387 – Intermediate Accounting I
– BU397 – Intermediate Accounting II
– BU423 – Options, Futures and Swaps
– BU449 – Fixed Income Analysis
– BU473 – Investment Management
• Additional Relevant Course
– BU463 – Advanced Corporate Finance
Laurier Student Investment Fund
• BU400 – 0.5 course credit for analysts
• BU410 – 0.5 course credit for PMs
• Students who have completed at least their
first term of year 2 must apply for 15 analysts
positions in May of each year
• An e-mail will be broadcast in April or May
from BBA and Econ office as to how to apply
• Criteria and interview process found on
www.lsif.ca
Do you know there are many finance
Careers Beyond Bay Street?
Examples of Careers
concentration in Finance
• Corporate Finance
•P&G, Loblaws, GE
• Commercial Banking
• Real Estate Finance
• Personal Financial
Planner
Want to know more about career
choices in Finance?
• Register for Laurier’s “Alumni Sharing
Knowledge” or ASK program
• Laurier alumni in various careers are
available to answer your questions about
their work
• https://www.laurieralumni.ca/alumni/ask
Finance Option consists of any 4 Finance
electives in chart below
Corporate Finance
& Commercial
Banking Focus
Investment
(CFA) Focus
Personal
Finance
Focus
Insurance & Risk
Management Focus
BU403 Entrepreneurial
Finance (covers real
estate finance)
BU423 Options,
Futures and
Swaps
BU413 Personal
Financial
Planning and
Management
BU353 - Introduction to
Risk Management and
Insurance
BU443 - International BU473 - Investment
Financial
Management
Management
BU453 - Working
Capital Management
BU449 – Fixed
Income
Analysis
BU463 - Advanced Corporate Finance
BU400/BU410 –LSIF
BU480/BU460 - Laurier Startup Fund
BU483 - Life
and Health
Insurance
BU419 - Property and
Liability Insurance
Management
BU429 - Capital Market
Issues in Property and
Liability Insurance
BU433 - Management of
Financial Institutions (focus
on banks)
Laurier Startup Fund
• Practicum 0.5 credit course to give students
‘real money’ experience in early stage
investing
• BU403 Entrepreneurial Finance is a pre- or
co-requisite to this course
• Students must also apply through:
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/startup-fund/
Non-Finance Courses that go
well with Finance Electives
• Economics
– Macro, micro and econometrics
• Intermediate financial accounting (BU387
and BU397) – especially for students who
want to pursue corporate finance and
those preparing for CFA
• Taxation (BU357)
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