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Bachelor of Science in Finance

The B.S. in Finance major prepares students for a variety of positions in the finance industry, including positions in insurance companies, mutual fund firms, investment companies, brokerage houses and banks.

Degree Requirements
In addition to satisfying the University Core Curriculum requirements; finance majors will complete the following courses:

Business Core requirements (14 courses)

ACCTG 201 Accounting I: Financial  
ACCTG 202 Accounting II: Managerial  
BUSN 100 Enterprise  
BUSN 305 Legal Environment of Business I  
CIS 102 Computer Applications in Business  
CIS 105 Spreadsheets, Database and Project Management
ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics  
ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics  
FNCE 301 Financial Management  
MATH 124 Basic Statistics**  
MGMT 200 Management Principles  
MGMT 330 Operations Management  
MGMT 499 Business Policy  
MRKT 200 Marketing Principles  

** Students who complete a Core Concentration in Psychology may substitute PSYCH 240 Quantitative Analysis for the MATH 124 requirement.

International Dimension Course:

ECON 330 Economics of Developing Countries  
ECON 340 Economic Growth  
ECON 350 International Trade  
ECON 360 International Macroeconomics  
FNCE 360 International Finance  
IB 301 International Business: European Union
MGMT 340  
MGMT 355 International Organizational Behavior  
MRKT 340 International Marketing  

(This requirement is waived for students who have had a study-abroad experience for which the student earned three or more college-level credit hours.)

Major Courses:

FNCE 305 Risk Management and Insurance  
FNCE 325 Principles of Investments  
FNCE 360 International Finance  
FNCE 401 Advanced Financial Management  
Four 300/400 level Finance (FNCE) electives

Finance majors may select one of the following courses to satisfy one of the four required Finance electives:

ECON 201 Intermediate Microeconomics  
ECON 202 Intermediate Macroeconomics  
ECON 303 Introduction to Econometrics  
ACCTG 304 Intermediate Accounting I  

 

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