Marymount is the only independent all-girls school in New York City to require all students to graduate with a certification of financial literacy. In addition to coursework using Bloomberg terminals, students may elect to take business electives in economics, finance, and marketing, as well as an entrepreneurship elective that allows students to grow big ideas from concept to creation.

Finance via Bloomberg

Using Bloomberg Market Concept (BMC) coursework and terminals, Upper School students complete a financial literacy program that introduces them to key market concepts, economic research and analysis, and portfolio management. After exploring stocks, bonds, and currencies, students apply their learning in a real-world setting through the Bloomberg terminals as they study trends in the markets and manage their “investments.” Marymount graduates are empowered to not only secure their own financial futures, but to also be agents of social change as they fund the causes they care about. 

Class XII Business Electives

Class XII students who are interested in business and finance may choose to take two electives senior year: Advanced Economics and Advanced Finance & Marketing. In Advanced Economics, students analyze economic models, theories, and developments as they gain a solid understanding of how micro- and macro-economic factors influence domestic and global affairs. In Advanced Finance & Marketing, students learn foundational concepts in both fields including financial statement analysis, equity valuation, mergers and acquisitions, customer behavior, market research, product management, and pricing strategy.

Personal Finance Seminar

In spring of senior year, students participate in a personal finance seminar where they are equipped with the tools to be independent managers of their money in college and beyond. Students explore budgeting and bill management; insurance, banking, and credit card options; and best practices for completing tax forms.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is approached as both a methodology and a mindset. The intersection of invention, storytelling, and user experience design is introduced with events like the Lower School’s Invention Convention and the Lower Middle School’s Market Day. In Upper School, a foundational course in entrepreneurship formally introduces students to the design thinking approach, the value pyramid, and the Business Model Canvas (BMC) as students create a prototype of a product or service and pitch it to an expert panel.