Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

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


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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 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


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