Finance Minor
Guide clients to financial health with a minor in finance.
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Learn to Keep Budgets in Check
Whether you want to help local families or large corporations manage money, a minor in finance from Concordia University Irvine can help you get started.
Add the finance minor to a bachelor’s like Engineering, Economics, Sports Business, Computer Science — or any other of the undergraduate programs — to gain a solid foundation in finance and develop marketable skills for your career. In fact, business and financial roles should grow from 2023 to 2033, as over 950,000 openings are projected each year, on average.1
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Meet our Faculty
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Karl Hoenecke
Dean, School of Business and Economics
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Catherine Sinardi
Program Director and Professor of Healthcare Management and Public Health
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Drew Wolf
Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Kit Nagel
Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Kossi Makpayo
Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Michael Kinnen
Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Roger Philips
Professor, School of Business
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Yi Schuler
Associate Professor of Business
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Tammie Burkhart
Associate Professor of Business
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Todd Kane
Associate Professor of Healthcare Management
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Carolyn Shiery
Assistant Professor of Business
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Drew Wolf
Assistant Professor of Business
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Kellie Playter
Assistant Professor of Business
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Toni Lerner
Assistant Professor of Business
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Albert Edwards III
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Andy Grimalda
Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Anthony Marcus
Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Ben Olbon
Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Economics
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Brittany Pereda
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Bruce Dannemeyer
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Cesar Rivas-Sanchez
Adjunct Professor
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Daniel Adelseck
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Edward Kwak
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Edward Willett
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Gill Hess
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Imelda Ford
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Israel Passwater
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Jake Aguas
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Jeffrey Lu
Adjunct Professor of Business
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Laszlo Zoltany
Adjunct Professor, School of Business Contact Email: Email Laszlo Zoltany…
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Linda Rudolph
Adjunct Professor of Business
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Robert McClatchy
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Robert Rodgers
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Ryan Gaglio
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
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Edward Willett
Sports Business Director
FAQs
How useful is a minor in finance?
A finance minor could be incredibly useful if your career path involves finance. Being able to manage a budget is necessary in every organization, so increasing your expertise is an additional benefit you can present to employers during your job search.
What classes are taken to minor in finance?
As a finance minor, you will take a small group of courses that give you a solid introduction to the world of finance. For example, at Concordia, you would start with a general business course, Introduction to Management, Marketing, and Information Technology. You will move into Finance and Personal Finance courses, as well as Financial Accounting and Introduction to Business Data Analytics. You will choose your final course from a list, which can help tailor your minor to your goals.
The Concordia finance minor is 18 units.
Is finance a major or minor?
It can be both, and it’s both here at Concordia.
A finance major would be the full bachelor’s program. It’s an area of study you’re most interested in and/or plan to pursue as your career.
A finance minor is an optional smaller group of courses you can add to your program. Many students choose to add a minor in finance to a business degree to develop an extra skill, but it’s a minor that can truly be added to any bachelor’s degree.
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Sources
1U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, on the internet, at:
- https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/home.htm (viewed Nov. 5, 2024).
Cited projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth.