Bachelor of Science in Finance - Investment Management Concentration

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• Course description
  The Finance program is the best undergraduate program in the Pamplin College of Business. Not surprisingly, it had the largest number of juniors and seniors among all business majors. Students continue to pick finance as their major of choice as they learn more about the faculty, training, and placement in finance. The faculty are internationally recognized experts in their respective fields. Their ongoing research allows the faculty to bring the latest concepts and ideas into the classroom and discuss current events with useful insights. More than 90% of the classes are taught by full-time finance faculty with doctoral degrees. The department offers many electives for specialization in a variety of areas of finance. Employers also like finance graduates, offering more on-campus interviews to finance students during the 2004-2008 time period.
  
  Investment Management focuses on the purchase and sale of stocks and bonds or their derivatives by individuals and institutions.  This usually requires the professional to assess the value of securities and design investment policies and portfolios that are consistent with the goals of the investor: individuals, corporations, banks or other institutions such as pension funds.
  

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