Open to College of Business students majoring in Accounting, Economics, and Finance. Open to non-business students majoring in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, B.S. in Data Science, or non-business majors meeting minor admission requirements.
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
- A “B” or better in FIN 3403 and department consent is required to declare the Fintech Minor
- Non-business majors admitted to the Fintech minor will follow the CECS Fintech minor course requirements
- Approved non-business majors interested in the Fintech minor must:
- Submit a registration issue form to cbaforms@ucf.edu to request enrollment into an open section of FIN 3403 (if unable to register for the course on their own)
- Once FIN 3403 is completed with a B or better, a request to declare the Fintech program may be submitted through Dr. Pirinsky (Timely Academic Progress will be evaluated prior to final approval)
Minor Requirements
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
9 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- COP3223C - Introduction to Programming with C (3)
- EGN3211 - Engineering Analysis and Computation (3)
- Complete the following:
- COP3502C - Computer Science I (3)
- FIN3403 - Business Finance (3)
- Prerequisites for FIN 3403 are waived for College of Engineering & Computer Science students and Data Science, B.S. majors.
- Only one of either COP 3223C or EGN 3211 is required
Grand Total Credits: 9
Required Electives (9 hrs for Business Administration students). (6 hrs for Date Science and Engineering and Computer Science students).
- ECO 4444 - Introduction to Business Analytics for FinTech Credit Hours: 3
- FIN 4450 - Foundations of FinTech Credit Hours: 3
- FIN 4451 - FinTech for Decision Makers Credit Hours: 3
- ECO 4444 is not needed for College of Engineering & Computer Sciences students.
Restricted Electives (3 hrs for Data Science and CECS students. NOT required for Business Administration students)
Select 1:
- 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 & Computer Science students for FIN 4515, Portofolio Anaylsis and Management and FIN 4533, Financial Derivatives
Foreign Language Requirements
None
Total Semester Hours Required
18
Other Requirements
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in all courses used to satisfy the minor.
- Grades below "C" 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.
- The College of Business does not permit any course used towards the minor or those used to meet admission requirements for the minor to be taken on an elective S/U grading basis.
