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
  
  9 hours
  - BUAD 161
    
    Intro to Financial Accounting (C- minimum)
  - BUAD 162
    
    Intro to Managerial Accounting (C- minimum)
  - BUAD 202
    
    Legal Environment of Business (C- minimum)
- REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES
  
  24 hours
  - 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
  - BUAD 231
    
    Principles of Marketing
  - BUAD 251
    
    Principles of Management
  - BUAD 307
    
    Management Information Systems
  - BUAD 341
    
    Managerial Finance 1
  - BUAD 352
    
    Human Resource Management
  - BUAD 358
    
    Management Science
  - BUAD 455
    
    Strategy and Policy
- UPPER LEVEL FINANCE COURSES - See Appendix 1
  
  33 hours
- 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)
  - Note, the 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, 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

72 hours
Appendix 1. UPPER LEVEL FINANCE COURSES
- FIN 342
  
  Managerial Finance 2
  
  3 hours
- FIN 447
  
  Cases in Finance
  
  3 hours
- Internship in Finance
  
  12 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
  - BUAD 488A
    
    Seminar in Business Admin (with Title = Seminar: Future of Business)
  - ACCT 368
    
    Business Applications: Excel

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Finance, B.S.

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