Finance, B.S.

The BS in Finance offers a variety of courses including corporate and international finance, financial markets, spreadsheets modeling and investments. It provides the tools, skills and knowledge necessary for careers in corporate finance, banking, wealth management, public finance and more. While in school students are encouraged to sit for a variety of professional licensing exams including the Series 6, 7, 63, and 66 exams.

Major in Finance
- BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS BLOCK
  - BUAD 161
    
    Intro to Financial Accounting (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 162
    
    Intro to Managerial Accounting (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 202
    
    Legal Environment of Business (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
- REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES
  - A grade of C- or higher is required in BUAD 231 (Marketing), BUAD 251 (Management), and BUAD 341 (Finance) as a pre-requisite for the upper level courses in the respective areas.
  - BUAD 206
    
    Business Research Methods
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 231
    
    Principles of Marketing
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 251
    
    Principles of Management
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 307
    
    Management Information Systems
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 341
    
    Managerial Finance 1
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 352
    
    Human Resource Management
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 358
    
    Management Science
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 455
    
    Strategy and Policy
    
    3 hours
- UPPER LEVEL FINANCE COURSES
  - FIN 342
    
    Managerial Finance 2
    
    3 hours
  - FIN 447
    
    Cases in Finance
    
    3 hours
  - Internship in Finance - Choose 3 hours from:
    
    3 hours
    - ACFN 300
      
      Co-Op Ed Exp in Acct/Fin
  - Finance Electives - Choose 15 hours from:
    
    15 hours
    - FIN 203
      
      Personal Finance
    - Any 34-level FIN course(s)
    - Any 44-level FIN course(s)
    - FIN 405
      
      Topics in Finance
    - ACCT 368
      
      Business Applications: Excel
- DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES
  - Choose 6 hours from:
    
    6 hours
    - Any ACCT course(s)
    - Any BUAD course(s)
    - Any FIN course(s)
    - Any MGMT course(s)
    - Any MKTG course(s)
    - Any ACFN course(s)
    - Any MGMK course(s)
    - Any INTB course(s)
    - Any INTE course(s)
    - Note: This requirement may not be satisfied with BUAD 161, BUAD 162, BUAD 202, BUAD 206, BUAD 231, BUAD 251, BUAD 307, BUAD 341, BUAD 352, BUAD 358, or BUAD 455.
    - For 'Departmental Electives', you may select any three BUAD courses (including COOP/Internships), or you may also take certain approved non-business elective courses to fill this requirement. You may click here to see the current list of non-business electives. Declaring a concentration, a second major, or a minor will waive departmental electives.
Total hours

63 hours

Req Related for Finance
- ECON 101
  
  Principles of Macroeconomics (C- minimum)
  
  3 hours
- ECON 102
  
  Principles of Microeconomics (C- minimum)
  
  3 hours
- Data Visualization and Communication - Choose 1 of the following:
  
  1–4 hours
  - MATH 256
    
    Data Visualization and Communication
  - MATH 279
    
    Experimental (Data Visualiation & Comm)
- MATH 235
  
  Survey of Statistics
  
  3 hours
- WRIT 316
  
  Business Writing (AW)
  
  3 hours
Total hours

13–16 hours

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Finance, B.S.

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