Finance, B.S.
The B.S. in Finance is a comprehensive program of today’s financial service industry. The program familiarizes students with financial management, financial markets and institutions, investment analysis, and global economics within the context of a corporate backdrop. Students will develop their quantitative and technical skills using financial software and will go beyond that into the bigger picture—leveraging fiscal concepts and strategies to run profitable, transparent, and compliant businesses and organizations.
The B.S. in Finance program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
The finance program fully aligns with the learning objectives of the business core. In addition, upon successful completion of the finance program, students will have given evidence of the following outcomes and goals:
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Understand utility maximizing choices, trade-offs, and opportunity costs involved in such choices.
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Analyze various financial statements and risk-return relationships using different techniques and tools.
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Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and present financial and economic data.
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Understand and analyze the global interactions of financial markets and instruments.
To earn this degree, students must successfully complete at least 120 credits, including General Education requirements and the major requirements below.
Major Sequence
To earn a Bachelor of Science in Finance, students must successfully complete 120 credits which includes the business core, which is 45 credits in accounting, business, and economics coursework, plus additional courses in finance as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Business Core Courses | ||
| AC171 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3.0 |
| AC172 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3.0 |
| EC181 | Principles of Macroeconomics 1 | 3.0 |
| EC182 | Principles of Microeconomics 1 | 3.0 |
| IS224 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3.0 |
| BU121 | Quantitative Business Concepts 1,2 | 3.0 |
| BU211 | Business Law | 3.0 |
| BU213 | Mgmt Theory & Org. Behavior | 3.0 |
| BU221 | Business Statistics & Probability | 3.0 |
| MK241 | Principles of Marketing | 3.0 |
| BU242 | Managerial Communications | 3.0 |
| or CM251 | Intercultural Communication | |
| or CM252 | Organizational Communication | |
| IS320 | Management Information Systems | 3.0 |
| BU335 | Financial Management I | 3.0 |
| BU350 | Internship & Career Preparation | 1.0 |
| BU351 | Internship 3 | 2.0 |
| BU491 | Business Strategies & Policy | 3.0 |
| Required Finance Courses | ||
| BU434 | Investment Analysis | 3.0 |
| EC382 | International Finance & Economics | 3.0 |
| EC482 | Financial Markets & Institutions | 3.0 |
| Elective Finance Courses | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
| Individual Federal Taxation | ||
| Entity Federal Taxation | ||
| Business & Professional Ethics 1 | ||
| Electronic Commerce | ||
| Financial Management II | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Comparative Economic Systems | ||
| Total Credits | 60.0 | |
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Course may also satisfy a General Education requirement.
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BU121 Quantitative Business Concepts may be waived if the student has achieved a B or better in MA109 College Algebra, MA110 Precalculus, or MA115 Calculus I.
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A Finance student is required to identify and search for internship opportunities in Finance.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| GEN101 | Pathway to the Bridge 1 | 2.0 |
| EN111 or EN221 |
Academic Writing and Research I 1 or Honors Argument: Rhetoric & Research |
3.0 |
| BU121 | Quantitative Business Concepts 1,2 | 3.0 |
| Mod. Lang. or V&P Arts 1 | 3.0 | |
| EC181 | Principles of Macroeconomics 1,2 | 3.0 |
| AC171 | Principles of Financial Accounting 2 | 3.0 |
| Credits | 17.0 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| GEN199 | WI:Discovering Self in the Universe 1 | 3.0 |
| Mod. Lang. or V&P Arts 1 | 3.0 | |
| BU242 |
Managerial Communications 2 or Intercultural Communication or Organizational Communication |
3.0 |
| EC182 | Principles of Microeconomics 2 | 3.0 |
| AC172 | Principles of Managerial Accounting 2 | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15.0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Literature or Nat. Science 1 | 3.0-4.0 | |
| Social Science or History 1 | 3.0 | |
| IS224 | Introduction to Business Analytics 2 | 3.0 |
| BU213 | Mgmt Theory & Org. Behavior 2 | 3.0 |
| BU335 | Financial Management I 2 | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15.0-16.0 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| PL245 | Philosophical Inquiry (or Religious Studies) 1 | 3.0 |
| Literature or Nat. Science 1 | 3.0-4.0 | |
| BU221 | Business Statistics & Probability 2 | 3.0 |
| BU211 | Business Law 2 | 3.0 |
| EC382 | International Finance & Economics 2 | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15.0-16.0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| PL245 | Philosophical Inquiry (or Religious Studies) 1 | 3.0 |
| EC482 | Financial Markets & Institutions 2 | 3.0 |
| MK241 | Principles of Marketing 2 | 3.0 |
| BU350 | Internship & Career Preparation 2 | 1.0 |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 16.0 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3.0 | |
Ethics |
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| Shaping Lives: Women & Gender | ||
| WI:Visioning a Future | ||
| Social Science or History 1 | 3.0 | |
| IS320 | Management Information Systems 2 | 3.0 |
| BU351 | Internship 2, 3 | 3.0 |
| BU434 | Investment Analysis 2 | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15.0 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3.0 | |
Ethics |
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| Shaping Lives: Women & Gender | ||
| WI:Visioning a Future | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3.0 | |
Ethics |
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| Shaping Lives: Women & Gender | ||
| WI:Visioning a Future | ||
| Finance Elective 2 | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 15.0 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BU491 | Business Strategies & Policy 2 | 3.0 |
| Finance Elective 2 | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Elective or Minor Course | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 15.0 | |
| Total Credits | 123.0-125.0 | |
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General Education
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Major
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A finance student is required to identify and search for internship opportunities in finance.