FinTech Minor

College of Business Administration
Department of Finance
Business Administration I (BS1), 409

Students seeking advising must go to Business Administration II (BA2), 101.

Open to Finance and Accounting majors and College of Engineering and Computer Science students.

Program participants will acquire competence in computer programming skills for use in data analytics and specific knowledge of FinTech to meet the growing demands for such services.

Minor Admission Requirements

None

Minor Requirements

None

Prerequisite Courses (9hrs)

COP 3223C - Introduction to Programming with C Credit Hours: 3
Or
EGN 3211 - Engineering Analysis and Computation Credit Hours: 3
COP 3502C - Computer Science I Credit Hours: 3
FIN 3403 - Business Finance Credit Hours: 3
(1) Prerequisites for FIN 3403 are waived for College of Engineering and Computer Science students

(2) Only one of either COP 3223C or EGN 3211 is required

Required Electives (9 hrs for Business Administration students). (6 hrs for Engineering and Computer Science students).

FIN 4450 - Foundations of FinTech Credit Hours: 3.0
FIN 4451 - FinTech for Decision Makers Credit Hours: 3.0

Restricted Electives (3 hrs for CECS students. NOT required for Business Administration students)

Select 1: 3 hrs

FIN 3414 - Intermediate Corporate Finance Credit Hours: 3
FIN 3461 - Financial Statement Analysis Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4243 - Debt and Money Markets Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4324 - Commercial Bank Management Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4504 - Equity and Capital Markets Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4514 - Portfolio Analysis and Management Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4533 - Financial Derivatives Credit Hours: 3
FIN 4604 - International Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
(1) Prerequisites waived for College of Engineering and Computer Science students for FIN 4515, Portofolio Anaylsis and Management and FIN 4533, Financial Derivatives

Foreign Language Requirements

None

Total Semester Hours Required

Other Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in all courses used to satisfy the minor.

Grades below “C” (2.0) or “S” grades from other institutions are not accepted.

Courses taken at Florida College System institutions do not substitute for upper division courses.

Courses transferred must be formally evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide a course syllabus and any other supporting information with his/her petition for this evaluation.

At least nine hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF within the department.

No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.

Internship or Directed Research credit cannot be used toward the minor.

A maximum of 6 hours of the above listed required or elective courses can count toward another major or minor degree program.