Finance major; which major electives to take?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi all, I'm a finance major at Temple U. My course requirements as a finance major are: Investments, Intermediate Corporate Finance, International Finance, and Seminar in Financial Management.</p>

<p>I also have to choose two courses between the following:
Management of Financial Institutions
Derivatives & Financial Risk Management
Money & Fixed Income Markets
Financial Modeling
Financial Statement Analysis
Real Estate Investment & Finance
Field Experience in Finance (Co-Op).</p>

<p>I'm not really interested in investment banking, but I am interested in commercial banking, corporate finance, real estate, and private equity (though I'm not knowledgeable in that area). Which courses do you guys think will be the most beneficial? If you were me, what would you guys choose?</p>

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<p>If you want to show off your quant skills and ability to rise to a challenge, I would take derivatives and financial modeling.</p>

<p>If you want to do the most immediately applicable to a job in your areas of interest, I would do co-op and then pick one of management of financial institutions, financial statement analysis or real estate.</p>

<p>Another strategy would be to pick whichever two have the best professor and/or easiest grading curve. That might actually be the wisest one. Why take real estate if the class sucks and you’ll almost fail it? Maybe you never thought of yourself as a fixed income guy, but the professor is inspiring and it won’t kill your GPA.</p>