Finance

As a very new offering at New College, the finance program provides the analytical tools, ethical training and data-driven methods to enable a deep understanding of finance and its integration in society.

About the Finance Secondary Area of Concentration

Students are exposed to a variety of important topics such as financial statement analysis, corporate financial management, taxation, international business, and money and banking. Financial literacy is also stressed throughout the curriculum as students accumulate life-long skills for personal finance and planning.

Students develop a thorough understanding not only about business decision making, but also about how these decisions are connected to other aspects of our community such as economic, social and political relations. Our affiliation with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) University Program provides scholarships to motivated students to take the CFA certification exams while studying at New College. We participate regularly in the CFA Tampa Bay Ethics Competition to emphasize the critical role of business ethics in today’s complex world.

Featured Course

ECON 2520

Introduction to Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

This course enables students to understand the fundamental accounting process and develop necessary skills to evaluate firm’s financial situation and its operating, investing and financing decision. It focuses on the concepts involved in preparing and analyzing financial statements: balance sheet, income statements and statement of cash flows. Key financial ratios will be closely examined to forecast and value firms. The second half of the course provides a brief survey of financial theory to enhance the understanding of the management and valuation of firms, including concepts related to the role of capital markets, determination of interest rate, time value of money, stock and bond valuation.

Finance Curriculum