Motivated and Enterprising:  The placement stats of Clarkson Business School graduates are consistently among the nation’s highest for starting salaries (over $50,000 last year) and our alumni successfully compete head to head with ivy-educated counterparts to lead global companies. One in five alumni over the age of 40 is already a chief executive or another senior executive of a corporation.  

Bachelor of Science in Financial Information & Analysis

Our Financial Information and Analysis (FI&A) major provides students with expertise in the wide range of issues common to both finance and accounting. This includes the role of accounting as the basic language of business, the importance of accounting information systems in organizational decision-making, and the use of this information by financial decision makers in managing assets and investments. The knowledge and skills developed through our unique curriculum provide graduates with the abilities to succeed in a workplace that is integrating the traditional functions of finance and accounting. The FI&A curriculum gives each student a fundamental knowledge of managerial and cost accounting, and financial statement analysis and is a great fit for students interested in pursuing professional certification in accounting (CPA-Certified Public Accountant) and/or financial management (CFA-Chartered Financial Analyst). Career opportunities for graduates in FI&A include fields such as:  management accounting, accounting information systems design, financial management, investment management, financial services, and corporate financial planning.

Required courses include:
SB305 Cost Management
AC403 Financial Reporting & Analysis I
AC404 Financial Reporting & Analysis II
FN462 Investments
FN464 Financial Management II
FN470 Strategic Financial Management

Notes: (1) Students must earn a C or better in FN361-Financial Management I in order to enroll in FN464-FInancial Management II.  (2) Students must have junior standing in order to enroll in 400-level courses.

Students choose three (3) Professional Electives from the following:

AC407 Taxation of Business Entities
AC421 Accounting Information Systems
AC431 Advanced Accounting: Investment and Ownership InterestsZ
EC356 Money & Banking
FN455 Venture Capital and Private Equity
FN467 International Finance
FN475 Portfolio Management