What is a finance major in college

The finance major is a discipline specializing in the economic activity of melting money and monetary funds as the object of study, specifically studying how individuals, institutions, and governments acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets, and is a division from economics.

The main disciplines of Chinese finance majors: Western economics, international finance, monetary banking, financial markets, introduction to the world economy, financial engineering, international insurance, trust and leasing, corporate finance, securities and investment, commercial banking operations and management, financial statistical analysis, international settlement, international economic law, international trade theory and practice, financial English.

The employment direction of finance majors: insurance, banking, securities, funds, four major directions. In recent years, China's financial market is moving towards internationalization, the demand for highly specialized talents is urgent. The demand for employment in the financial industry is mainly concentrated in the high-end market, such as college teachers and large companies market research and analysis, fund managers, investment managers, securities companies, insurance companies, trust and investment companies. Whether it is undergraduate, or master's degree, graduates of finance in general employment direction of economic analysis and forecasting, foreign trade, marketing, management, etc., if you can get some qualifications, employment will be broader, employment level is also more high-end, treatment is also better. For example, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Chartered Wealth Manager (CWM), fund managers, actuaries, stockbrokers, stock analysts and so on.