Newton13

I am interested in Security Analysis but after looking at major requirements it does not seem a lot of the Business Administration Major with Finance Cocnentration would be all that useful.
Is there a way I could major in Econ but get the prereqs to take some of the finance classes (Portfolio Management, Security Asset Valuing, etc)

There any Management majors that can speak to any of this?

GoodOlBoy

Depends. While I am not a management major, I was interested in careers similar to those you have mentioned above at one time. Security Analysts work in a number of different areas including equities, fixed income, commodities, structured products, CDOs, derivatives, and there are sometimes different skill sets required of analysts within each category. I would not recommend that you major in business administration/management or economics if you intend to pursue an IB front office position. Consider an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics instead because you typically need a background that is quantitative in nature. I would only consider adding economics as a minor if you do not intend to further continue your education. NCSU does offer competitive and nationally recognized degrees in financial mathematics (BS Applied Mathematics-Financial Mathematics and MS Financial Mathematics) that I found interesting. You have to be really good at maths. However, the program also offers some solid courses in both finance and economics. I ended up choosing EE instead.

kalik1234

Newton,

I don't know if your still looking for an answer to your question but I thought I'd answer anyway.

According to mypack, state offers 3 degree's in economics. a BA, BS and BS - Business economics concentration.

All allow you to take at least 17 hours of free electives (according to what I can plan out as an ideal major in mypack, an Economics - BA degree allows 20 hours), so you could always use those to take the courses you want.

I'm not sure what course is "security asset valuing" but the prereq's for BUS 422 - Investments and Portfolio management are ACC 210 --> BUS 320 and ST 350 (statistics). So basically, if you major in the economics - business concentration degree, you already have to take ACC 210 and ST 350 as part of your econ degree. You could then use a free elective course to take BUS 320 and then whatever other course you want.

TL/DR: you can work it out using free electives and by already taking some of the prereq's that are required for a economics degree.

Newton13

Yeah from what ive been looking at I could easily have a B.A in Econ, a minor in accounting, and take some business classes like portfolio management, im considering adding a stats minor too but we'll see how that goes.