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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Finance Major, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Finance Major, B.A./B.S.

Romain College of Business 

55 hours (31 hours of Business Core + 24 hours of finance and business coursework)

Finance is the study of wealth creation and money management. Topics include fund raising, resource allocation, liquidity concerns, and risk assessment. Finance majors are furnished with a curriculum that provides a solid understanding of financial markets and institutions. They also are schooled in quantitative techniques and decision-making skills. Graduates with a major in finance will be equipped to solve a wide range of financial problems and possess the ability to understand and evaluate financial matters.

The finance major is designed to prepare graduates for careers in a variety of financial fields including banking, consumer finance, insurance, investments, and real estate.

Romain College of Business Degree Requirements

All baccalaureate degree candidates must successfully complete a minimum total of 120 credit hours. Students majoring in accounting and professional services, business administration, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing complete 55 to 62 hours of coursework divided into three segments:

  • 31 credit hours in core requirements taken by all business majors,
  • major field requirements totaling 24 to 33 hours, and
  • electives, as needed to total 120 hours

Business majors wishing to complete a second major must complete a minimum of 12 unique hours in the second major. A business major wishing to complete a second baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in addition to those required for their first degree and must fulfill all requirements for the second degree. Transfer students must complete at least one-half of business coursework required for graduation in residence.

  • Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.2 in the first 60 hours of coursework to enroll in upper division business courses.
  • Business students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.0 in all required business coursework to be eligible for graduation.

Core 39 Requirements for Business Majors

All students must complete Core 39. Romain College of Business majors must complete specific courses in speech, mathematics, social behavior, global communities, and diversity to provide the necessary background in analytical tools and behavioral sciences upon which the advanced study of management is based. The Core 39 courses required for business majors are:

Required Core 39 Courses:

  

Hrs
Foundations Composition/Speech CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking  3
Foundations Mathematics MATH 111, MATH 114, MATH 215,or MATH 230  3-4
Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry ECON 208 - Principles of Microeconomics  3
Ways of Knowing-Moral & Ethical Reasoning PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics  3
BS Skills-Social Science PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology  3
Embedded Experience-Global ECON 241 - Global Economic Issues  3
Embedded Experience-Diversity PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics  3
Embedded Experience-Writing BCOM 231 - Business Communication AND 3
  MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation  3

The following course should also be completed during the freshman or sophomore year:

  
  ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics  3

Business Core for All Business Majors (31 hours)

The following required core courses provide breadth in a college education for business and a foundation for specialization in a major:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CIS 201 - Business Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ACCT 202 - Accounting Principles II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BCOM 231 - Business Communication

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BLAW 263 - Legal Environment of Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ECON 265 - Elementary Statistics
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
FIN 305 - Business Finance
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
MNGT 305 - Principles of Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
MKTG 305 - Principles of Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
BCOM 401 - Business Career Planning and Professional Development
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 1
MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3

Business Major Requirements (21-33 hours)

Specific upper-division course requirements for the various business majors are listed under each program. These upper-level major course requirements should be completed during the junior and senior years.

Finance Major

Required Courses (12 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
FIN 343 - International Finance  or
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
ECON 343 - International Finance
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3

 

FIN 361 - Financial Institutions
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
FIN 433 - Principles of Investments
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
FIN 461 - Financial Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3

Directed Electives (12 hours)

Six (6) hours of must be FIN courses, to be selected in consultation with an advisor:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
FIN 325 - Financial Modeling
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
FIN 335 - Entrepreneurial Finance
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
FIN 341 - Risk and Insurance
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
FIN 345 - Real Estate Principles
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
FIN 481 - Seminar in Finance
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ACCT 303 - Intermediate Accounting I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
ACCT 311 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
CIS 333 - Data Visualization & Storytelling
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
DSCI 351 - Introduction to Operations Research
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
ECON 308 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
ECON 309 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
ECON 365 - Intermediate Statistics for Business Decisions
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
MKTG 313 - Services Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
MKTG 344 - Personal Selling
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
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