<p>I am interested in Security Analysis but after looking at major requirements it does not seem a lot of the Business Administration Major with Finance Cocnentration would be all that useful.
Is there a way I could major in Econ but get the prereqs to take some of the finance classes (Portfolio Management, Security Asset Valuing, etc)</p>
<p>There any Management majors that can speak to any of this?</p>
<p>Depends. While I am not a management major, I was interested in careers similar to those you have mentioned above at one time. Security Analysts work in a number of different areas including equities, fixed income, commodities, structured products, CDOs, derivatives, and there are sometimes different skill sets required of analysts within each category. I would not recommend that you major in business administration/management or economics if you intend to pursue an IB front office position. Consider an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics instead because you typically need a background that is quantitative in nature. I would only consider adding economics as a minor if you do not intend to further continue your education. NCSU does offer competitive and nationally recognized degrees in financial mathematics (BS Applied Mathematics-Financial Mathematics and MS Financial Mathematics) that I found interesting. You have to be really good at maths. However, the program also offers some solid courses in both finance and economics. I ended up choosing EE instead.</p>
<p>Newton,</p>
<p>I don’t know if your still looking for an answer to your question but I thought I’d answer anyway. </p>
<p>According to mypack, state offers 3 degree’s in economics. a BA, BS and BS - Business economics concentration. </p>
<p>All allow you to take at least 17 hours of free electives (according to what I can plan out as an ideal major in mypack, an Economics - BA degree allows 20 hours), so you could always use those to take the courses you want. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what course is “security asset valuing” but the prereq’s for BUS 422 - Investments and Portfolio management are ACC 210 → BUS 320 and ST 350 (statistics). So basically, if you major in the economics - business concentration degree, you already have to take ACC 210 and ST 350 as part of your econ degree. You could then use a free elective course to take BUS 320 and then whatever other course you want.</p>
<p>TL/DR: you can work it out using free electives and by already taking some of the prereq’s that are required for a economics degree.</p>
<p>Yeah from what ive been looking at I could easily have a B.A in Econ, a minor in accounting, and take some business classes like portfolio management, im considering adding a stats minor too but we’ll see how that goes.</p>