FIN at James Madison University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FIN coursework.

• FIN 371Principles of Investmentsopens 7 courses (6 directly)
• FIN 380Elemental and Derivative Securities Analysisopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• FIN 365Intermediate Financial Managementopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• COB 242Managerial Accountingopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• FIN 250Introduction to Quantitative Financeopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• FIN 395Mathematical Financeopens 2 courses (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FIN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 42 FIN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 more FIN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FIN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FIN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at FIN 480

  1. COB 300BIntegrative Business: Finance
  2. FIN 380Elemental and Derivative Securities Analysis
  3. FIN 395Mathematical Finance
  4. FIN 405Securities Pricing
  5. FIN 480Seminar in Quantitative Finance Research and Data Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at FIN 451

  1. COB 300BIntegrative Business: Finance
  2. FIN 371Principles of Investments
  3. FIN 450Financial Risk Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at FIN 328

  1. MATH 235Calculus I [C3QR]
  2. MATH 300Linear Algebra
  3. FIN 328Time Series Analysis

• 3 courses deep, ending at FIN 345

  1. COB 241Financial Accounting
  2. COB 242Managerial Accounting
  3. FIN 345Finance Fundamentals for Non-Business Majors

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FIN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FIN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FIN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JMU campus feed.