Finance

What makes our Finance program distinctive?

Connect:

We provide hands-on financial experiences and connect students with businesses and leaders.

  • Choose your passion in two experiential programs in our Institute for Banking and Finance.
  • 100% of Finance students complete an internship.
  • Connect as early as your freshman year with financial companies and graduate schools at our annual Meet the Firms event. This event is designed specifically for Finance, Accounting, and Economics students to connect with organizations aligned with their career goals.
  • Work closely with Finance faculty for career guidance and access to experiential learning opportunities.

Rigor:

We provide the academic rigor needed to succeed as a financial professional.

  • Learn investment strategies and interact with clients through the Donaldson Capital Management Investment Program.
  • Develop investment analysis skills – like buy, sell, or hold decisions – by managing the Purple Aces Student-Managed Investment Fund. Assets under management exceeded $1.3 million in January 2026.
  • Take advanced Finance courses from experienced faculty, including Corporate Financial Policy, International Finance, Financial Derivatives, Investments, and Financial Planning.
  • Participate in the CFA Institute Research Challenge, gaining real-world experience as equity research analysts through intensive training and professional mentoring.
  • Gain real-world experience working with aspiring entrepreneurs and learning the process of underwriting small business loans in conjunction with Old National Bank through the University of Evansville Microloan Program.

Bright Futures:

  • Graduates have found careers across local, regional, national, and international companies, including Amcor, Fifth Third Bank, German American Bank, Sabic, Toyota, Franklin Templeton, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Institute for Banking and Finance

The Purple Aces Fund

Students gain hands-on experience managing the Purple Aces Student-Managed Investment Fund, established in 2005 and directed by Professor of Finance Walayet Khan. The fund’s value exceeds $1,300,000 as of January 2026. Each semester, speakers from local, national, and international organizations share insights on market trends and issues affecting portfolio performance.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance Major

This degree requires completion of 124 semester hours, allocated as follows:

General Education – 38 hours
Including Quantitative Methods 227 and Management 497

Common Core – 45 hours
The Common Core prepares students in decision-making and leadership. All Schroeder School of Business students complete:
Accounting 210, 211; Business 100, 200, 398, 400; Economics 101, 102; Finance 361; Logistics/Supply Chain Management 315; Law 201; Management 311, 331, 377; Marketing 325; Quantitative Methods 160.

Finance Major – 18 hours
FIN 362, FIN 462; four or more courses selected from the following: FIN 380, 395, 426, 427, 470, 478, 482; May apply 3 hours maximum from the following: FIN 383 and FIN 385; May substitute two 300/400 level courses (6 hours) with a prefix of ACCT, BUS, ECON, LAW, LSCM, MGT, MKT or QM. 

Electives – approximately 23 hours
(To total 124 semester hours)