Relevant Coursework?
I am currently a sophomore at a top 5 public university and I am looking to get a summer analyst position at a BB next summer (probably IBD but it depends on the firm). Course registration is next week and I was looking for input on what classes I should take to put in the relevant coursework section of my resume for these positions.
I currently have taken: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Microeconomics, Decision Models for Business, and Business Analytical Applications. I am definitely taking Corporate Finance in the fall, but I am not sure what others courses I could take that would be considering relevant to an IBD position. My choices are:
Operations Management
Financial Statement Analysis
Strategic Management
Business Law
Introduction to Decision Sciences
Decision Making Using Spreadsheet Models
I could probably take up to 4 of these. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.





for sure financial statement
for sure financial statement analysis. strategic management might show you understand the big picture though was most likely a class were you just bullshited.
dont you have any corporate finance, options & futures, fixed income, accounting 101 or the likes courses?
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Probably Financial Statement
Probably Financial Statement Analysis, but understand that the course you take don't really matter for interviews.
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Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis no question
thanks for the help guys. to
thanks for the help guys. to gbb, i am taking corporate finance next semester and i have taken both accounting courses. the other courses you mentioned have corporate finance as a prereq so i wont be able to take them until the spring.
Relevant coursework=wasted
Relevant coursework=wasted space=I have no experience. It's redundant, if you are in college studying a discipline, it's assumed you will have taken/need to taken those courses.
Of the courses you listed I
Of the courses you listed I would definitely say Financial Statement Analysis is the most relevant. That being said, because they're all "resume worthy," I would go with whatever combo is easiest, so that you can raise/maintain a high GPA. Check which professors are teaching next semester, ask friends, etc. to get the easy ones. GPA is a much greater factor than coursework.
BocaYankee wrote: Relevant
Relevant coursework=wasted space=I have no experience. It's redundant, if you are in college studying a discipline, it's assumed you will have taken/need to taken those courses.
he's a sophomore so his resume is only a year old. Keep the relevant coursework until you have at least 1-2 substantial internships/extracurriculars under your belt
Financial Statement
Financial Statement Analysis
Decision Making Using Spreadsheet Models
Really the only two that might be relevant and I'm not sold on the second one.