School of Business - Clarkson University

B.S. in Financial Information and Analysis
The field of Financial Information and Analysis (FI&A) 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. 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.
Students earning a degree in Financial Information and
Analysis must complete the Clarkson Common Experience
and complete 120 credits including the following: 33 credits
of Clarkson Common Experience requirements (including the
Clarkson Seminar, two mathematics courses {calculus and
statistics}, two science courses {one of which must include a
lab}, five knowledge area courses, and a technology course);
42 credits of foundation coursework in business; 27 credits of
specialized business courses to satisfy the major requirements;
and 18 credit hours of electives. Since 50% of coursework
22
must be taken outside the School of Business (no more than 3
economics and 2 statistics courses can count as non-business
courses), most of the electives, depending on courses chosen
for the Clarkson Common Experience, will need to be taken
outside the School of Business.
Required courses include:
SB305 Cost Accounting
FN464 Financial Management II
AC403 Financial Reporting & Analysis I
FN470 Strategic Financial Management
AC404 Financial Reporting & Analysis II
FN462 Investments
Students choose three Professional Electives:
AC407 Taxation of Business Entities
FN455 Venture Capital and Private Equity
AC421 Accounting Information Systems
FN467 International Finance
AC431 Advanced Accounting: Investment
FN475 Portfolio Management
and Ownership Interests
FW/EC468 Financial Markets and Institutions
The following would be the typical Third- and Fourth-Year Plan.
There is enough flexibility so that students studying abroad
during the third year should still be able to complete the degree
requirements.
Third Year — First Semester Third Year — Second Semester
Course Title Cr. Hrs. Course Title Cr. Hrs.
FN361 Financial Management 3 AC403 Fin. Reporting & Analy. I 3
SB305 Cost Management 3 OS352 Strategic Human Resource Management 3
Professional Elective 3 Non-Business Elective 3
Free Elective 3 Non-Bus/Knowledge Area Requirement 3
Non-Business Elective 3 Non-Business Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15
Fourth Year — First Semester Fourth Year — Second Semester
Course Title Cr. Hrs. Course Title Cr. Hrs.
AC404 Fin. Reporting & Analysis II 3 OS432 Org. Policy & Strategy 3
FN462 Investments 3 FN470 Strategic Fin. Management 3
FN464 Financial Management II 3 Professional Elective 3
Non-Business/Knowledge Area Requirement 3 Non-Business/Knowledge Area Requirement 3
Professional Elective 3 Non-Business Elective 3
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 15