Finance
Finance majors complete a series of core courses and choose a concentration in one of the following fields:
- Banking and Financial Services, focusing on the roles of financial institutions in the economy, the workings of money and capital markets, and the interrelationships between financing and investment decisions. A set of courses may be taken which will qualify the student to sit for the CFP® Certification Exam. The University of Alabama does not certify individuals to use the CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and CFP® certification marks. CFP certification is granted only by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. to those persons who, in addition to completing an educational requirement such as this CFP Board-Registered Program, have met its ethics, experience and examination requirements.
- Corporate Finance and Investment Management, preparing students for executive positions in the financial management of business enterprises and governmental agencies.
- Real Estate dealing with real estate investments, the management and development of land, real estate appraisal and financing, and brokerage or sales.
- Insurance, covering the concept of risks, their likelihood, and methods of financing them, in addition to insurance contracts and how the insurance industry operates.