Honors Program
Finance Honors Progam
The Honors Program in Finance is reserved for students of high promise and exceptional ability. Students admitted to the Honors Program in Finance are characterized by outstanding academic performance, exceptional leadership capability, a high aptitude for superior academic work, and exceptional ability for making meaningful contributions during their professional career.
Finance Honors students proceed through the program together in a cohort system, interacting with peers who have similar exceptional abilities. Students in the honors programs take courses that are, by nature, both advanced and student-oriented. These small setting courses afford students the opportunity to interact with leaders in the finance and business communities.
Admission to the Honors Program in Finance is dependent on students' academic performance through the winter quarter of their junior year. Students with an overall GPA of 3.3 and a minimum grade of B+ in Finance 310 may apply for admission into the program. The admissions committee will consider the student's GPA, Finance 310 grade and other evidence of superior academic performance for admission into the program. All admitted Finance honors students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to remain in good standing. If a Finance honors student receives a grade of D or F in any DePaul course, the student will be dismissed from the Finance Honors Program. Students are admitted as juniors and begin the curriculum in the spring quarter of their junior year. Classes reserved exclusively for honors students are as follows:
Spring (Junior Year): ACC 307, FIN 311, FIN 330, FIN 396
Fall (Senior Year): ACC 309, FIN 333, FIN 362, (FIN 396)
Spring (Senior Year): FIN 312, (FIN 396)
The remaining requirements for the finance honors program include FIN 202, FIN 320 and one Finance elective. Honors students are also required to participate in a two credit hour Honors Seminar course. Finance 396, during the spring quarter of their junior year, fall quarter of their senior year, and winter quarter of their senior year.
HONORS CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS
The Honors Program requires that students have: (1) attained junior standing with an overall GPA of 3.3 or better; (2) earned a B+ or better in FIN 310; and (3) have officially declared Finance major. The Finance Honors curriculum consists of: FIN 311-H Honors Financial Management II; FIN 330-H Honors Investments; FIN 333-H Honors Financial Statement Analysis; FIN 312-H Honors Advanced Corporate Finance; FIN 362-H Honors Risk Management; ACC 307-H Financial Reporting I for Finance Honors Students; ACC 309-H Financial Reporting II for Finance Honors Students; and FIN 396 Honors Seminar. Accounting majors who have taken the financial accounting courses, ACC 304 Financial Reporting I and ACC 305 Financial Reporting II, are exempt from taking the financial accounting courses taught within the finance cohort, ACC 307- H and ACC 309.
This structure is similar to the non-honors curriculum since it includes FIN 310 and FIN 320 in addition to the courses mentioned above. This structure differs from the non-honors curriculum since it allows students to take only two open electives and one finance elective in the curriculum and it requires students to take an extra 2 credit hour class, FIN 396.
Cohort instruction begins in the spring and ends the following spring. Finance courses and accounting course are taught in the afternoons once per week in three hour sessions. The seminar course, FIN 396, is a two hour credit course that will meet over the spring, fall, and winter terms every other Wednesday afternoon. All honors students take all classes at the scheduled times. There are no exceptions.