Finance Program

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 110 - Business Computers I (Cr: 3)
  
  or Elective

• BUS 120 - Business Fundamentals I (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 121 - Business Fundamentals II (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 122 - Business Problem Solving (Cr: 3)
  
  or Elective

• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Global Issues General Education Requirement

• ECN 202 - Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

• MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)

• ACC 185 - Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 200 - Marketing (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 210 - Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 270 - Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 311 - Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• Finance Electives  (Cr: 9)
• General Education Elective  (Cr: 3)

• BUS 320 - Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 340 - International Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 370 - Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

• BUS 375 - Financial Modeling (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

• Finance Elective  (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives  (Cr: 6)

• BUS 331 - Investments (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• BUS 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• BUS 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Finance Electives

Choose four from the following:

• ACC 300 - Accounting Information Systems (Cr: 3)
  

• ACC 325 - Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• ACC 425 - Corporate Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 224 - Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 302 - Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 303 - International Business (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 309 - Project Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 319 - Financial Planning for Clients (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 332 - Applied Modeling for Decision-Making (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 336 - Options and Futures Trading (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 337 - Valuation (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 354 - Entrepreneurial Finance (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 355 - Risk Management (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 369 - Financial Institutions and Markets (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 415 - Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
  

• BUS 440 - Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
  

• CSC 160/160L - Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
  

• CSC 260 - Visual Programming I (Cr: 3)
  

• CSC 261 - Visual Programming II and Object-Oriented Design (Cr: 3)
  

• ECN 302 - Intermediate Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
  

• MTH 137 - Calculus II (Cr: 4)
  

• MTH 225 - Probability (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the finance program, students will:

• Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in finance.
• Calculate and interpret quantitative data effectively.
• Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to finance problems.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within finance.
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of finance.
• Apply a range of 'best practices' in a professional finance environment.

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