<p>Hello. I would like to know what courses I should take in order to get into an IB firm. Do they have any requirements besides taking econ. Please, offer any suggestions.</p>
<p>a good site that could help you out (along with this one) is <a href="http://www.ibankingoasis.com/forum%5B/url%5D">www.ibankingoasis.com/forum</a></p>
<p>finance and other business majors</p>
<p>There aren't any REQUIRED courses, but there are SUGGESTED courses to help you prepare for the more technical interviews.</p>
<p>Introduction to Finance (obviously)
Financial Statement Analysis (accounting)
Intermediate Financial Accounting
Something along the lines of Corporate Financing Decisions, maybe called Corporate Finance in some schools</p>
<p>Portfolio analysis and courses about derivatives might help also. Very few business school offer specialized courses in M&A. I know Stern does. They even have a course called Investment Banking.</p>
<p>The Ross Career Development Center has its own guide for i-banking, and it says that i-bankers should actually focus on developing their accounting skills and not just finance. So you might want to do some extra accounting courses like cost accounting.</p>
<p>I don't think econ will help if you're in the business program of your school, but if you don't have finance, econ is the next best thing.</p>
<p>Go to Wharton. </p>
<p>just kidding.</p>