Finance Major Requirements
*2009-Present Catalogue:
Finance major requirements as approved by the faculty during the Fall of 2008:
Co-Requisites
- Economics 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
- Economics 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- Mathematics 140 - Statistics
- Mathematics 160 - Calculus for the Social Sciences or
- Mathematics 181 - Calculus I
*A minimum grade of C is required in all co-requisites for majors in Finance
Completion of 33 hours as follows:
- Accounting 211 - Principles of Accounting
- Finance 321 - Business Finance**
Six hours from the following courses:
- Accounting 341 - Cost Accounting I
- Accounting 342 - Cost Accounting II
- Accounting 345 - Accounting Information Systems
- Accounting 351 - Intermediate Accounting I
- Accounting 352 - Intermediate Accounting II
- Accounting 425 - Income Tax Concepts and Decision Making
- Accounting 426 - Income Tax Concepts and Decision Making II
Fifteen hours from the following courses:
- Finance 411 - Investments
- Finance 415 - Bank Management
- Finance 420 - Cases in Finance
- Finance 430 - Capital Budgeting
- Finance 435 - Real Estate Analysis
- Finance 440 - International Finance
- Finance 445 - Financial Statement Analysis
- Finance 480 - Advanced Topics in Finance
Six hours from the following courses:
- Business 331 - Management
- Business 338 - Marketing
- Economics 372 - Business Law
**A grade of C or greater is required in Finance 321 as a prerequisite for the 400-level Finance courses.
*2007-2008 Catalogue:
Prerequisites
- Economics 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
- Economics 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- Mathematics 140 - Statistics
- Mathematics 160 - Calculus for the Social Sciences
or Mathematics 181 - Calculus 1
*A minimum grade of C is required in all prerequisites for Accounting or Finance.
Completion of 40 hours as follows:
22 hours from the following courses (all required):
- Accounting 211 - Principles of Accounting
- Accounting 341 - Cost Accounting I
- Accounting 345 - Accounting Information Systems
- Accounting 425 - Income Tax Concepts and Decision Making
- Business 448 - Business and the Liberal Arts
- Business 449 - Business Strategy Game
- Economics 372 - Business Law
- Finance 321 - Business Finance
3 hours (1 course) from the following:
- Business 331 - Management
- Business 338* - Marketing
- Business 348 - Small Business Management
- Business 376 - Collaborative Problem Solving
*Students may not take both BUS 338 and BUS 348 for credit.
15 hours (5 courses) from the following:
- Accounting 342 - Cost Accounting II
- Finance 411 - Investments
- Finance 420 - Cases in Finance
- Finance 430 - Capital Budgeting
- Finance 435 - Real Estate Analysis
- Finance 440 - International Finance
- Finance 445 - Financial Statement Analysis
- Finance 480 - Advanced Topics in Finance
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