Business Finance Admission Requirements

Students must meet the following requirements to gain admission to the Finance Program: (Prospective majors may take no more than 12 hours in the major prior to  admission to the program).

• Earn a minimum of 60 hours of course work with a minimum overall GPA of  2.5
• Completion of the following eight admission courses:  ACCT 200, ACCT 201, CIS 141, COMM 145, ECON 202, ECON 203, ECON 206 And MATH 123 or MATH 136 or MATH 137 or MATH 142 or MATH 237 or a Math ACT of at least 26 or Math SAT of at least 610.
• Earn a minimum 2.5 GPA in the eight admission courses listed above.
• Completion of FIN 300           

Students not meeting the above admission requirements will not be admitted to the Business Finance Program and cannot register for any additional courses in the major beyond the 12 credit hours permitted prior to admission to the program. 

Business Finance Curriculum

The Business Finance concentration (reference number 664) requires 73 hours of professional and elective courses and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. No minor or second major is required or prohibited.  Finance majors must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in 300 and 400 level finance courses. In addition, finance majors must earn a "C" or better in both FIN 330 (Principles of Finance) and FIN 332 (Investment Theory).  All finance students must complete  FIN 300 prior to admission to the finance program. All finance majors will be required to participate in an assessment process in FIN 499 (Senior Assessment) prior to graduation.

When planning a program of study in this department, each student should be aware of University academic requirements and regulations for graduation. Specific attention should be given to (a) Academic programs and (b) Colonnade requirements.

A minimum of 120 earned hours are needed to receive a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Finance.

Required Courses 

Courses needed to complete the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance (beyond the Colonnade requirements and University academic requirements and regulations for graduation). 

ACCT	200	Intro Accounting-Financial
ACCT	201	intro Accounting-Managerial
CIS	141	Basic Computer Literacy
COMM	145	Fundamentals of Communication & Public Speaking
ECON	202	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON	203	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON	206	Statistics
FIN	300	Career Readiness in Finance
FIN	330	Principles of Finance
MKT	220	Basic Marketing Concepts
MGT	200	Legal Environment of Business
MGT	210	Organization and Management
MGT	314	Operations Management
MGT   ENT	498  496	Choose one of the following courses: Strategy & Policy  Small Business Analysis & Strategy
ECON	307	Financial Data Modeling
FIN	332	Investment Theory
FIN	433	Markets and Institutions
FIN	436	International Financial Management
FIN	437	Corporate Asset Management
FIN	438	Corporate Funds Management
FIN  FIN	439 449	Choose one of the following courses: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management  Practicum in Portfolio Management
FIN	499	Senior Assessment
		Students must take 3 additional hours and may choose from the following:
FIN	333	Advanced Topics in Personal Financial Planning
FIN	435	Commercial Bank Management
MKT	323	Services Marketing
MKT	325	Personal Selling
ACCT	300	Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT	430	Federal Taxation - Individuals
ACCT	440	Business Law for the Accounting Professional

 In addition, students must take 6 hours of upper level finance electives as well as an additional 3 hours of business electives. Finance electives may be chosen from 300 and 400 level finance courses not already required for the major. The business elective may be chosen from any 300 or 400 level course in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Computer Information Systems, MKT 323 or MKT 325.    

 

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The Business Finance concentration (reference number 664) requires 78 hours of professional and elective courses and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. No minor or second major is required or prohibited.  Finance majors must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in 300 and 400 level finance courses. In addition, finance majors must earn a "C" or better in both FIN 330 (Principles of Finance) and FIN 332 (Investment Theory). 

When planning a program of study in this department, each student should be aware of University academic requirements and regulations for graduation. Specific attention should be given to (a) Academic programs and (b) Colonnade requirements.

A minimum of 120 earned hours are needed to receive a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Finance.

Required Courses 

Courses needed to complete the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance (beyond the Colonnade requirements and University academic requirements and regulations for graduation).  

ACCT	110	Accounting for Decision Makers
ECON	202	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON	206	Statistics
MKT	220	Basic Marketing Concepts
MGT	210	Organization and Management
ECON	307	Financial Data Modeling
BDAN	250	Introduction to Analytics
FIN	330	Principles of Finance
MATH	123	Mathematical Applications for Business
MGT	261	Business Communication Fundamentals
BA  BA BA	170 220 175	Choose one of the following courses: Business Student Basics Special Topics in Business Administration (Lower Division) University Experience - Business
MGT ENT	498 496	Choose one of the following courses: Strategy and Policy Small Business Analysis and Strategy
FIN	161	Personal Finance
ACCT	220	Principles of Financial Accounting
FIN	399	Career Readiness in Finance
FIN	332	Investment Theory
FIN	389	Financial Analysis and Modeling
FIN	436	International Financial Management
FIN	437	Corporate Asset Management
FIN	438	Corporate Funds Management
FIN	433	Financial Markets and Institutions
FIN	499	Senior Assessment in Finance

In addition, students may choose an area of focus that includes 15 hours of required courses.

Areas of Focus

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1. Investment

FIN	331	Applied Investments
FIN	439	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
FIN	449	Practicum in Portfolio Management
FIN	419	Behavioral Finance and Investing

In addition, students are required to take 4.5 hours of Finance electives.

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2.  Analyst

BDAN BDAN	430 310	Choose one of the following courses: Data Visualization Business Data Analytics
FIN  FIN	439 449	Choose one of the following courses:  Security Analysis and Portfolio Management Practicum in Portfolio Management

In addition, students are required to take 6 hours of Finance electives.

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3. Financial Services

FIN	350	Risk Management and Insurance
FIN	333	Advanced Topics in PFP
FIN	435	Commercial Bank Management
FIN	419	Behavioral Finance and Investing
FIN	405	Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Personal Financial Planning
MKT	325	Personal Selling

4. General Business Finance

		Choose one of the following courses:
FIN	439	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
FIN	449	Practicum in Portfolio Management

In addition, students are required to take 12 hours of Finance electives.

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