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PrincetonUniversity |
Program in FinanceThe Bendheim Center for Finance was recently established at Princeton to promote research and teaching in finance. The center is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing its faculty from economics, engineering, and other departments. The Bendheim Center oversees an undergraduate certificate program in finance, available to students in any concentration. This multidisciplinary program is designed for students who wish to blend the study of finance with another area of concentration. Admission into the program normally occurs at the beginning of the junior year. Details and application forms are available on the Web page of the Bendheim Center at www.princeton.edu/~bcf. Questions about the program should be addressed to the program representative. The finance certificate is fairly quantitative in its requirements, reflecting the nature of the subject. Prerequisites for entering the program include calculus at the second-year level, introductory statistics, and intermediate microeconomics (Economics 305). The requirements for the certificate itself are: 1) completion of a core sequence of courses in finance, Economics 317 and Economics 318, typically during the junior year; 2) completion of at least three additional finance related electives; and 3) the inclusion of a substantial finance-related component in the senior thesis or an additional elective. A list of elective courses from a variety of departments is on the Web site. Relevant courses not on the list of preapproved electives may nevertheless be counted as electives with the prior written approval of the program representative. Program courses may not be taken on a pass/D/fail basis.
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