What class elective should I take?!!??!?!?!?!?!

<p>Major: Finance :financial analyst/investment banker</p>

<p>electives: what will help me in the long run =|</p>

<p>ACCT 306 Cost Accounting- Cost accumulation for inventory pricing and income determination. Cost behavior concepts for planning and control. Job order and process cost systems, standard costs, budgets and special topics in relevant costs for managerial decisions.</p>

<p>ECON 307 Money and Banking-A study of money, financial markets and the financial structure with emphasis on commercial banks and the Federal Reserve System. Relationships between economic activity and money supply are introduced.</p>

<p>ECON 402 Business Cycles and Forecasting -An examination of repetitive variations in business activity. The measurement and analysis of economic fluctuations and how they affect the business environment. Stresses modern forecasting techniques.</p>

<p>FIRE/INTL 413 Comparative Financial Systems -An analysis of the structure and functioning of financial systems in different parts of the world. Emphasis is on the evolution of such systems in relation to the U.S. financial system. Different regions of the world may be studied in different semesters.</p>

<p>FIRE 429 Real Estate Finance -Instruments, techniques and institutions of real estate finance; the mortgage market; financing process; mortgage risk analysis; creative financing; emphasis on policies and procedures used in financing residential and commercial properties.</p>

<p>FIRE 465 Managing Financial Risk -Sources of financial risk. Measurement and uses of enterprisewide financial risk techniques. A variety of analytical tools will be used to learn about value at risk, credit risk, stress testing, financial risk management and actuarial models, and how to manage financial risk.</p>

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<p>For IB?</p>

<p>ECON 307
This will help you get a good fundamental understand of the financial system. How much more than your general Macroeconomics I don't know? </p>

<p>ECON 402
Forecasting models will help you learn what is more important to buy side guys; your future clients.</p>

<p>FIRE 465
Managing Financial Risk sounds interesting because it will give a good understand on why the securities that are traded are traded, or why a company wants to deal in forwards, futures, swaps, and options, or any other strange hybrid contract.</p>

<p>I like Finance though, so I'd go with FIRE 465</p>

<p>I don't know how good your writing skills are,but if they aren't strong, I would recommend courses to improve writing. This involves such topics as grammar and punctuation, writing, a course in philosophy especially ethics which helps in many ways etc.</p>