Pre-Professional Finance Fast-Track Opportunity

    The Pre-Professional Finance Fast-Track Opportunity is designed to provide incoming students with the opportunity to access an accelerated course progression in order to prepare them for certain competitive careers in finance.  Accepted students will take recommended accounting and finance courses in their first two years at St. Olaf.  Students participating in this opportunity must eventually choose an economics major with a finance emphasis.  (Adding a second major or concentration or withdrawing from the opportunity is permitted.)

    Course Plan for Pre-Professional Finance Fast-Track Opportunity

    Planning your Economics Major

    Area of Emphasis in Finance

    Finance employers are increasingly recruiting students in their sophomore year.  Many major finance firms are hiring (applications and interviews) for post-junior year summer internships beginning in the spring semester of the sophomore year.  The Finance Fast-Track, in addition to academic advising and intentional coaching in the Piper Center for Vocation and Career, enables students to be competitive for these opportunities by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to be successful.

    The Piper Center for Vocation and Career has developed a four-year co-curricular outline that provides suggested co-curricular activities for students with career interests in finance.

    Four-Year Co-Curricular Recommendations: Finance

    Application Details:

    • The Finance Fast Track Application is closed. Students wishing to join a waitlist should schedule an appointment with Bryan Shealer by email to: shealer@stolaf.edu.

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