Finance (B.S.)

Freshman Year

Total Hours: 31

• Natural Sciences¹ - 9
• Social Science Elective - 3

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II
• FFND 101 - Freshman Foundations
• MATH 113 - College Algebra
• MATH 130 - Finite Mathematics
• OSBC 207 - Microsoft Excel for Business
• ORIN 101 - Freshman Orientation
• PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology

Sophomore Year

Total Hours: 30

• Humanities Electives - 3

• ACCT 208 - Accounting Principles
• ACCT 241 - Managerial Accounting
• BADM 201 - Legal Environment
• BADM 218 - Issues in Global Business
• BADM 275 - Analytical Tools for Business Decisions
• ECON 203 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 204 - Principles of Macroeconomics

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• HIST 201 - American History to 1877

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• HIST 202 - American History since 1877

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• MAAP 200 - Midpoint Assessment of Academic Progress Examination
• MATH 231 - Elementary Probability and Statistical Inference

Junior Year

Total Hours: 30

• *Finance Electives - 6

• ACCT 305 - Intermediate Accounting I
• COMM 201 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• ECON 325 - Money, Banking and Financial Markets
• *  FIN 310 - Principles of Finance
• *  FIN 316 - Intermediate Financial Management I
• *  FIN 330 - Fundamentals of Investing
• MGMT 300 - Management Concepts and Practices
• MKTG 320 - Marketing Principles

Senior Year

Total Hours: 29

• Arts Elective² - 3
• Non-business Approved Electives - 5

• CSCI 321 - Information Systems Analysis
• *  FIN 400 - Financial Planning
• *  FIN 401 - Insurance and Risk Management
• MGMT 370 - Operations Management and Quantitative Methods
• MGMT 481 - Business Policy

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• Select TWO of the following as Restricted Business Electives:

  • FIN 300-400 level
• ACCT 306 - Intermediate Accounting II
• BADM 418 - International Business
• ECON 403 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 404 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Notes

*Denotes major field courses.

Students pursuing a BS in Accounting and a BS in Finance will substitute the ACCT 311 in place of ACCT 241 in their Finance degree.

¹Three (3) hours must be selected from the approved Writing Enriched courses- see General Education Requirements .
²Course must be selected from section #9 of the General Education Requirements  section.

Economics Concentration

A Bachelor of Science in Finance with a concentration in Economics requires the following changes in the Finance curriculum listed above.

Financial Analysis Concentration

A Bachelor of Science in Finance with a concentration in Financial Analysis requires the following changes in the Finance curriculum listed above:

Total Hours for Degree: 120