Accounting and Financial Management, Minor

Department website: https://engineering.jhu.edu/cle/academics/undergraduate-studies/accounting-and-financial-management-minor/

The Accounting & Financial Management program offers Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and Peabody students a focused, quantitative minor that will prepare them more effectively for careers in small companies, major corporations, and consultancies as well as acceptance into graduate programs in accountancy and finance. Accounting & Financial Management courses are also open to students who choose not to declare the minor.  

The objective of the Minor in Accounting & Financial Management is to enable students in all disciplines to complement their major fields of study with academic training that will help them prepare for and compete within this expanding marketplace. The minor is not only relevant for students who plan to seek employment but critical for those who plan to attend graduate programs in accounting or finance immediately after graduation. The Accounting and Financial Management Minor will help the CLE’s graduates prepare for career opportunities in several fields that have high salaries and are predicted to grow substantially.

The Capstone Experience

The Johns Hopkins Center for Leadership Education (CLE) capstone is a culminating, hands-on project in which students apply course knowledge to solve a real-world problem. It develops and demonstrates technical and professional skills—entrepreneurship, research, quantitative reasoning, systems thinking, critical analysis, teamwork, and clear written and oral communication. Aligned with CLE’s focus on problem discovery, the capstone challenges students to identify meaningful, previously unarticulated problems and to use interdisciplinary tools to design and evaluate solutions. Students work with peers and external stakeholders, apply sustainability and entrepreneurial principles, and present their findings to diverse audiences.

In short, the CLE capstone translates classroom learning into practical experience, preparing students to be innovative leaders and effective problem-solvers in their careers.

The information below describes the academic requirements for students entering JHU as degree-seeking students in Fall 2026. Students who entered JHU as degree-seeking students prior to Fall 2026 should view the appropriate archived catalogue.

The Accounting and Financial (A&F) minor is designed to develop quantitative reasoning skills applicable to careers in consulting, banking, or corporate financial planning and analysis. 

The minor requires 21 credits. Grades of C- or higher are required. A maximum of one Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grade may be applied to the Core Courses, Upper-Level Electives, or Capstone Course requirements.

CORE COURSES

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
EN.660.105	Foundations of American Enterprise	3
or EN.660.250	Identifying and Capturing Markets
EN.660.203	Financial Accounting	3
EN.661.110	Professional Writing and Ethics	3
or EN.661.250	Oral Presentations
Total Credits		9

STATISTICS COURSE

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Complete one course from the following: 1
EN.660.207	Reasoning with Data	3
AS.230.205	Introduction to Social Statistics	4
AS.280.345	Public Health Biostatistics	4
EN.553.211	Probability and Statistics for the Life Sciences	4
EN.553.311	Intermediate Probability and Statistics	4
EN.553.430	Mathematical Statistics	4
EN.553.431	Honors Mathematical Statistics	4
Other approved 200-level or higher Statistics course		3-4
Total Credits		3-4

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A transferred 200-level or higher statistics course without a direct equivalency to a JHU course may be used to fulfill the Statistics Course requirement and does not require an exception.

UPPER-LEVEL ELECTIVES

Newly-created and newly-approved courses for Upper-Level Electives may be applied to satisfy this requirement in prior catalogue years.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Complete two courses from the following:
AS.180.263	Corporate Finance	3
EN.660.303	Managerial Accounting	3
EN.660.322	Decision Analytics	3
Total Credits		6

CAPSTONE COURSE

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
EN.660.414	Financial Statement Analysis	3
Total Credits		3