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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Finance Major

75 credits

Finance program provides students with an understanding of the financial and legal dimensions of business planning. The major is a good fit for students who enjoy working with numbers, have an aptitude for technology, and have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

The Financial Planning Concentration will give students the knowledge needed to make and implement decisions regarding managing, investing, and distributing financial resources for businesses and individuals.

*Accredited by AACSB International- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. For more information click here.

Business Core - All Four Year Majors (50-51 credits):

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 credits
or
MGT 140 - Introduction to Business 2 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 221 - Introduction to Management Information Systems 3 credits
BUS 263 - Legal Environment and Business 3 credits
BUS 305 - Business Statistics II 3 credits
BUS 311 - Business Finance 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 that may fulfill Foundational Studies:

BEIT 336 - Business Report Writing 3 credits
MATH 115 - College Algebra 3 credits
or
MATH 129 - Fundamentals and Applications of Calculus 3 credits
or
MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 credits

Required Courses for Financial Analysis and Investment Management Concentration (24 credits):

Economics:

ECON 321 - Money and Banking 3 credits

Finance:

FIN 333 - Principles of Investments 3 credits
FIN 400 - International Financial Management 3 credits
FIN 434 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 credits
FIN 440 - Financial Institutions 3 credits
FIN 471 - Financial Management 3 credits

Electives (6 credits):

Choose from the following:

ACCT 311 - Cost Accounting 3 credits
ECON 300 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 credits
FIN 345 - Real Estate Principles 3 credits
FIN 346 - Real Estate Finance 3 credits
FIN 435 - Speculative Markets 3 credits
FIN 436 - Applied Financial Modeling 3 credits
FIN 439 - Finance Internship 3-6 credits
FIN 441 - Commercial Bank Management 3 credits
FIN 450 - Capital Budgeting 3 credits

Required Courses for Financial Planning Concentration (24 credits):

ACCT 404 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
BLAW 410 - Estate Planning 3 credits
FIN 320 - Introduction to Financial Services 3 credits
FIN 333 - Principles of Investments 3 credits
FIN 434 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 credits
FIN 475 - Cases in Financial Planning 3 credits
INS 340 - Introduction to Risk and Insurance 3 credits
INS 432 - Employee Benefits 3 credits