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B. S. Major- Finance

69-70 S. H. (No Minor Required)

Finance Program Objectives

• Provide a broad understanding of finance and an opportunity to create a specialized program to meet specific needs and goals.
• Understand and appreciate financial markets including the various institutions, exchanges, and instruments at the national and international levels.
• Understand the portfolio approach to financial management and demonstrate the ability to develop objectives, strategies, and finally a portfolio.
• Understand the risk and return concepts including duration, hedging and risk management.
• Recognize valuation models and be able to apply the concepts of capital budgeting, interest rate theories, the time value of money, efficient markets, and evaluating accounting information.
• Recognize regulatory and ethical aspects of the finance industry.

Business Core (42-43 S.H.)

Mathematics (3-4 S.H.)
MATH 140 Applied Calculus (3) OR
MATH 160 Calculus (3)

Accounting (6 S.H.)
ACCT 211 Financial Accounting Principles (3)
ACCT 212 Managerial Accounting Principles (3)

Statistics (3 S.H.)
ECON 222 Statistics for Business and Economics (3) OR
    STAT 210 Statistics (3)

Business Administration (15 S.H.)
ECON 322 Intermediate Business Statistics (3) OR
    STAT 310 Intermediate Statistics (3)
BUSA 291 Legal Environment (3)
BUSA 320 Intermediate Business Statistics (3) OR
STAT 310 Intermediate Statistics (3)
(W) MGMT 325 Organizational Dynamics (3)
MGMT 334 Production and Operations Management (3)
MIS 362 Management Information Systems
MGMT 495 Strategic Management (3) 

Economics (6 S.H.)
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

Finance (3 S.H.)
FIN 360 Corporate Finance (3)

Marketing (3 S.H.)
MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing (3)

Finance Major Requirements (27 S.H.)

Finance Core (12 S.H.)
FIN 377 Investments (3)
FIN 390 Intermediate Corporate Finance (3)
FIN 421 Institutional Investment & Financial Markets (3)
FIN 440 International Finance (3)

Finance Electives (15 S.H.)
ACCT 311 Intermediate Accounting I (3)
ACCT 421 Introduction to Taxation (3)
ECON 303 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
ECON 400 Public Finance: Taxation (3)
ECON 425 Managerial Economics (3)
FIN 335 Forecasting Methods (3)
FIN 404 Commercial Bank Management (3)
FIN 422 Portfolio Management (3)
FIN 423 Derivative Securities (3)
FIN 463 Cases In Financial Management (3)
FIN 471 Real Estate Finance (3)
FIN 473 Real Estate Investment (3)
MKTG 334 Marketing Research (3)

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