The Financial Services Concentration enables students to understand investment management and financial analysis. Many of our students enter the financial services professions, or they plan graduate school in Business Administration, Finance or Law. The concentration is available to students seeking any degree and with any major. The concentration allows students pursuing any major to demonstrate to potential employers or graduate schools particular competence in finance within the broader context of the student’s degree program. Our students benefit from small class sizes, a dedicated full-time faculty, and a curriculum that develops impor­tant financial, economic, accounting, and communication skills.

Interdisciplinary Program

The Financial Services Concentration is available with any Millsaps major, particularly with the Bachelor of Business Administration major or the BS/BA in Economics major. The major courses in Business Administration, Accounting and Economics include some of the Finance Concentration courses. Millsaps students may concentrate in Finance by taking advanced courses in financial management, portfolio management, intermediate accounting and monetary economics. Students study in a wide array of learning environments including interactive class sessions, team learning, case assignments, and class presentations. The “hands-on” activity for Finance Concentration students is the General Louis Wilson Fund (see the webpage at /esom/wilfund/), a student-managed investment fund. Students analyze potential invest­ments using tools such as the state-of-the-art Bloomberg research computer and make investment recommendations to the Wilson Fund Board of investment professionals at semi-annual meetings. In addition, Millsaps location provides outstanding opportunities for internships and meaningful part-time employment. Many juniors and seniors have obtained internships with investment management firms, brokerage firms, real estate firms, consulting firms, and government organizations. No other business school in the state offers such an innovative program in a thriving business setting.

Successful Graduates

Many of our Financial Services Concentration students follow the undergraduate or MBA degrees with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional designation, which may be initiated during the last year of the student’s undergraduate program. Many of our courses are tailored to support the students’ preparation for the CFA Exams, and many of our graduates are CFAs. Millsaps College has a long tradition of graduating students who make significant contributions to the financial world and to society at large.

Internships

Earn credit for one or more Else School-sponsored internships of 10-12 hours per week for 14 weeks.

Some internship opportunities include:

For more information visit the Business School Website.

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