Best Courses To Supplement Finance Major
Hi,
So basically, I'm considering changing my major to finance and I was wondering what are some good electives and whatnot to supplement it. I don't want to look like a retard that took a relatively soft major, so I was thinking about adding a few math or physics classes (I really, really enjoy physics and was thinking about taking a calc-based physics series to enhance my problem solving skills) to make me more marketable since even accounting is probably more difficult than finance. Any suggestions about which ones I should take? I know a lot of you will recommend econometrics, but I've already declared a minor in econ and frankly, I hate it, so I just want to finish off whatever courses I have left for the minor and then be done with it. I'm more interested in math/physics, so anything in those would be ideal.
Also, I'm really into capital budgeting and assessing the financial relevance of projects, so which kinds of careers will offer similar work to this (aside from IB of course) and what are some good classes to supplement this?
Thanks!






comp sci math stats
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Any specific math courses? I
Any specific math courses? I took the basic stat and up to integral calc, but what else should I take? Also, is physics worthless, because I think physics > math in terms of how much I personally like it.
I've been taking math,
I've been taking math, everything from integral calculus, discrete numbers, linear algebra to the mathematics of derivatives.
The math is not about the content knowledge, it's about the way it teaches you to critically think and problem solve. Just take any upper lever math.
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sounds like you should be an
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From math: as much linear
From math: as much linear algebra as you can handle, and as much numerical analysis as you can handle. if you are a whiz, stochastic calculus and differential equations on top of that.
From statistics: one rigorous probability course. measure theory if you want to challenge yourself and are considering a ph.d. in finance at any point in your life.
From econ: econometrics. the rest of the econ that i took was pretty worthless for anything.
From your b-school: a capital markets course.
If you really want to bend
If you really want to bend your mind, take topology. One of the most fascinating courses I took in undergrad.
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