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    Nov 27, 2024  
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Financial Economics


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This program is designed to prepare students for employment in occupations where specific knowledge of financial economics will be useful in entry-level positions and in enhancing subsequent opportunities for advancement. The program also provides a strong undergraduate background for graduate professional degrees in business, economics, and law. This approach incorporates the fundamentals of economic theory in the areas of macroeconomics and monetary economics along with the applied analytical tools of finance and econometrics.

Program Requirements:


1. Required Economics (ECO) courses:


Two additional courses from among the following:


4. Statistics requirement:


One of the following statistics courses:

5. Professional Electives:


Students are required to work with their advisor to select 18 credit hours of Professional Electives.  Courses selected to fulfill this requirement must be approved by the faculty advisor and must benefit the student’s career or graduate school plans. 

6. A Minimum grade-point average of 2.0 is required in all required courses.


Residence requirement:


Financial Economics majors must complete a minimum of 12 of the required credits in economics and 6 of the required credits in business at the University of Maine.

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