Am I the right fit for this option?

Completing the Finance Option will provide you with the professional competencies required to enter financial management positions in business enterprises, investment management and services organizations, banking, financial institutions, or government agencies concerned with private finance.

Key Areas of Study and Career Opportunities in Finance:

  • Money Management
  • Investment Banking
  • Commercial Banking
  • Corporate Finance
  • Central Banking
  • Venture Capital
  • Private Equity
  • Private Debt
  • FinTech
  • Big Data / Asset Digitalization / AI Integration
  • Climate Finance / Impact Investing / Sustainable Finance
  • Research and Regulation
  • Financial Forensics and Compliance

Because the program is competitive, you should be able to demonstrate the ability to do well in your quantitative core courses. To self-declare the Finance Option, you must achieve a minimum grade of 67% in each of COMM_V 190, COMM_V 191, COMM_V 293, COMM_V 294, COMM_V 295, and COMM_V 298.

See option declaration

Information session slides

Resources for Finance Students

Early Start to the Finance Option

The Early Start to the Finance option allows students interested in a career in finance to take finance courses earlier. This is designed to better prepare students for competitive finance internships.

Early Start to the Finance Option

Finance option course requirements

Year 3
COMM_V 370Corporate Finance (Term 1)
COMM_V 371Investment Theory (Term 1)
COMM_V 374Applied Financial Markets (Term 2)
Year 4
Six credits from the following courses:
COMM_V 376Financial Institutions I
COMM_V 377International Financial Markets and Institutions
COMM_V  4701Venture Capital
COMM_V 471
Mergers and Acquisitions
COMM_V 474Fixed Income Markets & Management
COMM_V  475Investment Policy
COMM_V 4762Advanced Topics in Investment Management
COMM_V 477
Risk Management & Financial Engineering
COMM_V 479
Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
COMM_V 486AClimate Finance
COMM_V 486TFinTech
COMM_V 486I Applications of AI in Finance
1 COMM_V 470 may be used to fulfill requirements toward either the Entrepreneurship or Finance option, but not both.
2 Formerly numbered COMM_V  486H. If you've completed the course as COMM_V  486H, you are not permitted to take it again as COMM_V 476 (you cannot receive credit for the same course twice).

Other Finance courses which may be taken as electives

COMM_V 271Introduction to Capital Markets
COMM_V 375Behavioral Finance (formerly COMM 386O)
COMM_V 387Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity
COMM_V 486KProject Finance

Careers in Finance

From social impact investing to investment banking, corporate finance, financial planning and more, an option in Finance equips you with the skills and knowledge to help individuals and organizations reach their unique financial goals. 

Learn more about a career in finance


Hide Menu

Explore myBCom