Finance

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 41.2 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 41.2 k / Year(s) Deadline: Feb 1, 2025
StudyQA ranking:3994 Duration:4 years

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Finance at Sy Syms School of Business empowers students with the technical skills and foundational concepts to make sound financial decisions in a multifaceted and complex world-wide financial environment.

Business is conducted by multinational corporations, insurance companies and investment banking and brokerage institutions in global capital markets utilizing diverse financial securities and derivative instruments. The Finance program develops an understanding of the domestic and international financial environment by studying shareholder value creation, financial structuring, capital markets and instruments, speculative markets and derivatives, strategies in risk management, and the nature of risk/reward in long term investment planning and entrepreneurship.

Basic course offerings include: Principles of Finance, Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis, Security Analysis, Portfolio Management, Speculative Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, Historical Development of Finance, and International Finance.

The major in finance informs careers in the public and private sectors of the economy, in corporate decision making for commercial and non-profit organizations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships.

Sy Syms School of Business finance majors have gone on to success at major corporations, portfolio management and venture capital firms, investment banks and commercial banks, insurance and brokerage firms, mutual funds and real estate corporations.

  • FIN 1001 Principles of Finance
  • FIN 1408 Corporate Finance
  • FIN 2409 Advanced Corporate Finance (Capstone) 
  • FIN 2505 Investment Analysis 
  • FIN 2508 Entrepreneurial Finance
  • FIN 2511 Security Analysis
  • FIN 2521 Portfolio Management 
  • FIN 3510 Options and Futures
  • FIN 3604 International Finance and Accounting
  • FIN 3720 Fixed Income Securities
  • FIN 3851 Financial Statement Analysis (Cross-listed with ACC 3851)
  • Completed application 
  • Essay
  • $65 application fee
  • Official TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Scores
  • Official high school transcript
  • Transcripts and copies of certificates must be in English or Hebrew
  • SAT or ACT scores are required for students applying from CanadaYeshiva University's TOEFL school code is 2990
  • Interview

Essays

All applicants, except for Honors Program applicants, must respond to one of the following prompts in 750 words or fewer.

  • You are tasked with designing a new interdisciplinary course for first year students at your university. What would this course be, what is its value, and why does it appeal to you? 
  •  Throughout Tanach, history, and literature, there are many examples of people who have prevailed in spite of or because of their imperfections. Can you think of one “flaw” that you would choose to keep rather than give up? Explain. 

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