2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

Feb 16, 2025

2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Financial Services Major

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The financial services major requires all students to complete an overview of financial services with specific course work in the areas of financial institutions (banking), investments, and insurance with a focus on ethical decision making. Sources of return and risk in domestic and international financial markets and institutions are also studied. Students in the major then declare a track in one of the four areas associated with financial services: accounting, financial institutions, investments, or insurance and risk management and take additional course work.

(71 credits)

Required Courses on all Four-Year Professional Programs (45 credits):

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 credits
BUS 180 - Business Information Tools 3 credits
BUS 201 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credits
BUS 202 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credits
BUS 205 - Business Statistics I 3 credits
BUS 263 - Legal Environment and Business 3 credits
BUS 305 - Business Statistics II 3 credits
BUS 311 - Business Finance 3 credits
BUS 321 - Introduction to Management Information Systems 3 credits
BUS 351 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 credits
BUS 361 - Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BUS 371 - Management and Organizational Behavior 3 credits
BUS 401 - Senior Business Experience 3 credits

Economics:

ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits

Required Courses for Finance Service Major (15 credits):

Elective Tracks:

(12 semester hours taken from a single track; select one track)

Accounting Track:

Required Courses:

ACCT 301 - Financial Accounting I 3 credits
ACCT 302 - Financial Accounting II 3 credits
ACCT 404 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation 3 credits

Electives:

Choose one from:

An internship in financial services 3-hrs

ACCT 313 - Accounting Systems 3 credits
ACCT 405 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
ACCT 415 - Auditing Theory and Practice 3 credits
ACCT 499 - Special Topics in Accounting 1-3 credits

Banking Track:

Required Courses:

ECON 321 - Money and Banking 3 credits
FIN 400 - International Financial Management 3 credits
FIN 441 - Commercial Bank Management 3 credits

Electives:

ECON 341 - International Economics 3 credits

Insurance Track:

Required Courses:

INS 341 - Life Insurance 3 credits
INS 343 - Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance 3 credits
INS 432 - Employee Benefits 3 credits

Elective:

Choose one from:

Internship in financial services 3 hrs.

ACCT 404 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
INS 435 - Planning for Business Owners and Professionals 3 credits
INS 436 - Financial Planning 3 credits

Investment Track:

Required Courses:

FIN 400 - International Financial Management 3 credits
FIN 434 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 credits
FIN 435 - Speculative Markets 3 credits

Elective:

Choose one from:

Internship in financial services 3 hrs.

FIN 436 - Applied Financial Modeling 3 credits
FIN 438 - Market Microstructure 3 credits

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Financial Services Major

Required Courses on all Four-Year Professional Programs (45 credits):

Business:

Economics:

Required Courses for Finance Service Major (15 credits):

Finance:

Insuance and Risk Management:

Management:

Elective Tracks:

Accounting Track:

Required Courses:

Electives:

Banking Track:

Required Courses:

Electives:

Insurance Track:

Required Courses:

Elective:

Investment Track:

Required Courses:

Elective: