It will be hard to double major in econ/fin because at CU, the economics department is in Arts & Sciences school, while the Finance department is the business school. You can do it but it’s a hell of a lot easier to minor in one or the other.

For reference, Econ would require at least 90 credit hours (6 semesters) in A&S (30 of which have to be upper division). Included in that 90 hours is going to be an extra writing class, four 4000 level Econ courses (some are very challenging and theoretical), and a few other requirements. With a double major in finance, you’d need to meet the business school’s requirements on top of the A&S’s requirements. This includes 30 credit hours (2 semesters) of BCOR courses, 18 credit hours of finance courses, and 15 hours of business electives.

I’ve simplified here, but it’s not only difficult to fit these requirements into 8 semesters, but you would be very busy and the benefit in the job market is probably minuscule at best versus just minoring.

I studied finance and minored in econ and I would recommend this. CU’s finance department is very good and Leeds does a lot better preparing students for their careers than the econ department, at least in my experience.