Finance Program Requirements
Faculty
- Matt Crouse
- Richard Haskell
- Lauren Lo Re (chair)
Program Goals
The Finance Program offers a major leading to a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree that will prepare students for career options in corporate finance, international finance, new venture financing, investments, banking, consulting, or business financial planning. The theoretical and practical aspects of finance are integrated to provide students with critical thinking skills and analytical tools as a foundation for life-long learning. Students completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance should:
- Explain the firm’s financial structure and the role of finance in maximizing a firm’s value.
- Use financial theories, practices, analytical tools, and models for making critical decisions.
- Develop solutions to complex financial problems.
- Communicate complex financial concepts, analyses, strategies and decisions.
- Develop ethical awareness.
Program Requirements
To fulfill the requirements for the major in Finance, students must complete the courses outlined below and maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in all coursework required by the program. Students are also required to complete the ETS Major Field Test in Business before they are eligible to graduate (exceptions may be considered by program chair when relocation or other conditions make completion of the test impractical).
Students must meet the college-wide graduation requirements in addition to the Finance major:
- 124 total hours
- 30 upper division hours
- WCore or Honors College requirements
Undergraduate Business Core
Students in all business majors (with the exception of some economics programs) complete a common undergraduate core designed to develop skills in all functional areas of business.
There are two components to the common undergraduate core: the lower-division requirements, and the upper-division requirements. Since many of the lower-division core requirements are prerequisites for upper-division core requirements, students should work to complete lower-division courses early in their programs. Upper-division core requirements should be taken when prerequisites are met. Prerequisites are noted in the table below.
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I. Core Lower Division Courses | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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II. Core Upper Division Courses | 23-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Hours for the Program | 48-50 |
* BUSI 102, Business Fundamentals I for Transfer Students, is only an option for transfer students or student majoring in arts administration; all other students should take BUSI 101A/BUSI 101B.
Bachelor of Science in Finance
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I. Undergraduate Business Core | 48-50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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II. Major Requirements | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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III. Electives | 8-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students are not limited to this list, and with adviser approval, may use other upper division business courses.
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IV. Senior Capstone | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Hours for the B.S. Finance Program | 68-74 |
Note: All students must complete 124 hours of coursework to graduate, 30 hours of which must be upper division (300 level or above). Students may need to take other courses to complete the college hours requirement.
Bachelor of Arts in Finance
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I. Undergraduate Business Core | 48-50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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II. Major Requirements | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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III. Electives | 8-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IV. Senior Capstone | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Hours for the B.S. Finance Program | 68-74 |
Note: All students must complete 124 hours of coursework to graduate, 30 hours of which must be upper division (300 level or above). Students may need to take other courses to complete the college hours requirement.
Recommended Plan of Study (B.A. and B.S.)
Starting Business as a First-Year Student
Fall Semester | Spring Semester | |
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Freshman Year | WCORE 1 WCORE 2 BUSI 101A (LC) BUSI 101B (LC) |
WCORE 3 WCORE 4 DATA 150 OR DATA 220 ACCT 213 |
Sophmore Year | WCORE 5 WCORE 6 BUSI 200 ECON 253 BUSI 225 |
ECON 263 ACCT 313 MGMT 305 BUSI 300 FINC 300 |
Junior Year | FINC 309 MKTG 300 Language I (B.A.) |
BUSI 350 FINC 305 FINC Elective Language II (B.A.) |
Senior Year | MGMT 309 FINC Elective Language II( (B.A.) |
FINC 495 BUSI 440, 441 or 442 |
Starting Business as a Sophomore
Fall Semester | Spring Semester | |
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Freshman Year | WCORE 1 WCORE 2 WCORE 3 |
WCORE 4 WCORE 5 WCORE 6 |
Sophmore Year | BUSI 101A BUSI 101B ECON 253 DATA 150 or DATA 220 |
BUSI 200 ACCT 213 ECON 263 MGMT 305 BUSI 225 |
Junior Year | ACCT 313 MKTG 300 BUSI 300 MGMT 309 FINC 300 FINC 309 |
BUSI 350 FINC Elective Language I (B.A.) |
Senior Year | FINC 305 FINC Elective Language II (B.A.) |
FINC 305 FINC 495 BUSI 440, 441 or 442 Language III (B.A.) |