BBA concentration in FinTech

Unlike other BBA majors including the Finance Major Corporate Finance Concentration, students in the Finance Major FinTech Concentration are cannot take Math 131 to fulfill the calculus requirement.  They need to take a calculus course from the following choices: MATH 141/MATH 151/MATH 157.  Students in the Finance FinTech concentration need a more in-depth background in calculus to understand programing (MATH 111), machine learning (MATH 342W), and advanced econometrics (BUS 386 and ECON 387), all of which are part of the FinTech concentration.

Admissions to BBA Finance: Fintech

1. Admission requires a GPA of 3.0 (subject to revision) in the first four courses listed below.
2. The minimum GPA is 2.7 for courses taken for the major in finance at Queens College.
3. No Individual Grade below C- is accepted.
4. No more than 21 credits can be transferred into the program from other colleges.

Requirements:

1. ACCT 101: Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Accounting I
2. ACCT 102: Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Accounting II
3. ECON 101: Introduction to Macroeconomics
4. ECON 102: Introduction to Microeconomics
5. MATH 141: Calculus/Differentiation or MATH 151: Calculus/Differentiation & Integration
6. ECON 249: Statistics as Applied to Economics and Business (1 Pre-requisite: MATH 141/MATH 151) or MATH 241: Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics
7. ECON 382: Introduction to Econometrics (2 Pre-requisites: ECON 249/MATH 241;
8. MATH 141/MATH 151)
9. ACCT 261: Business Law I
10. BUS 241: Corporate Finance
11. BUS 243: Economics of Distribution and Marketing (1 Pre-requisite: BUS 160W)
12. BUS 247: Business Economics
13. ECON 201: Macroeconomic Analysis (Pre-req.: ECON 101 or ECON 103 and ECON 102 or ECON 104) or ECON 215 Money and Banking (Prereq.: ECON 101 or ECON 103 and ECON 102 or ECON 104)
14. CSCI 48: Spread Sheet Programing
15. BUS 160W: Introduction to Business Writing
16. BUS 356/RM711: Applied Financial Analysis with VBA Programming (1 Pre-requisite: CSCI 48; 1 Pro/Co-requisite: BUS 241)
17. FIN 305: Foundations of FinTeth (2 Pre-requisites: BUS 241; ECON 215)
18. BUS 341W: Intermediate Finance (3 Pre-requisites: BUS 241; BUS 160W; ECON 249/MATH 241)
19. ECON 301: Economics of CryptoAssets (1 Pre-requisite: ECON 215 OR ECON 201)
20. ECON 302: Blockchain and Money (1 Pre-requisite: ECON 301)
21. BUS 390: Machine Learning in Business (1 Pre-requisite: ECON 382/MATH 242)
22. BUS 357/RM 714: Introduction to Python for Financial Applications (1 pre/co-requisite: BUS 341W) or ECON 387: Advanced Econometrics (1 pre-requisite: ECON 382) or BUS 386/RM 708: Financial Econometrics (2 pre-requisites: ECON 382; ECON 249/MATH 241)

New Class: ECON 302 Blockchain and Money (3hr; 3 cr.)

Course Description:

Understand exactly what a blockchain is, why it matters for business activities with emphasis on the financial sector.  Blockchain’s role as a decentralized distributed ledger is analyzed through use cases in technology, business, and enterprise products and institutions.  Topics include the governance and regulatory issues surrounding blockchain’s applications.