Finance

This major includes study in four main areas:

Corporate finance involves analyzing the profitability of new prospects in which a corporation may invest and deciding how to raise money for the corporation (debt, equity, retained earnings).

Investments involve determining what fraction of your money to put into stocks, bonds, and other investments in order to obtain the highest amount of return per amount of risk taken.

Banking involves analyzing whether various loan applicants are sufficiently creditworthy to assure loan repayment as well as other issues in managing a bank or financial intermediary.

International finance involves working in finance outside of the United States or working in finance in the U.S. arm of a multinational corporation.

With a job in finance you would be helping companies and/or individuals to purchase and manage investments. Jobs in finance can call for different kinds of skills, including analytical skills, interpersonal skills, team skills, and the ability to make decisions, the ability to work in teams, and to make and retain connections.