Finance, B.S.

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This major is administered by the School of Business and Economics .

In the finance major, you complete courses in core content from accounting, business, and economics, as well as courses specifically related to finance. Upon completing the finance major, you will be prepared to work professionally in the finance world.

Successfully complete a minimum of 76-79 credits in the Core and Finance requirements as described below. Completing these requirements will satisfy both the Communication in the Major and Capstone Experience.

Core

In general, try to complete the core classes in approximately this sequence. The courses near the beginning of the list serve as prerequisites for courses near the end of the list.

Calculus, 3-5 credits

Take one of:

MATH 109 - Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences 4 cr.
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
MATH 225 - Calculus I 5 cr.

Note

If you anticipate doing advanced study in a field such as Actuarial Science, you should take MATH 225 .

Economics, 6 credits

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr. and
ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
or
ECON 200 - Principles of Economics 3 cr. and
an additional 3 credits in 200-400-level Economics coursework. You may not take ECON 497 or ECON 498 to satisfy this requirement. Classes you take as part of other requirements of the major do not satisfy this requirement.

Accounting, 6 credits

Statistics, 3-4 credits

MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
other approved statistics course:
ECON 243 - Economic and Business Statistics 3 cr.
FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis 4 cr.
HS 301 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics 3 cr.
MATH 354 - Applied Statistics 4 cr.
MATH 357 - Probability and Statistics II 3 cr.
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists 4 cr.
SOC 351 - Social Statistics 4 cr.

Business, 22 credits

BUS 100 - Introduction to Business 1 cr.
BUS 325 - Organizational Behavior 3 cr.
BUS 330 - Principles of Marketing 3 cr.
BUS 340 - Business Law and Ethics 3 cr.
BUS 350 - Principles of Finance 3 cr.
BUS 360 - Principles of Production-Operations Management 3 cr.
BUS 370 - Management Information Systems 3 cr. *
BUS 380 - Principles of Business Analytics 3 cr.

Note

*If you are completing an Accounting major, you may substitute ACCT 370 .

Internship, 3 credits

Take one of:

ACCT 497 - Internship in Accounting 1-15 cr.
BUS 497 - Internship in Business Administration 3-15 cr.
ECON 497 - Internship in Economics 1-15 cr.

Finance

Successfully complete 24 credits of Finance requirements in addition to the Core.

Required Finance courses, 9 credits

BUS 353 - Investments 3 cr.
BUS 354 - Financial Planning 3 cr. or
ECON 272 - Personal Finance 3 cr.
ECON 360 - Money and Financial Markets 3 cr.

Focused Finance electives, 9 credits

Choose three courses from the list below:

BUS 343 - Principles of Insurance 3 cr.
BUS 344 - Insurance Operations 3 cr.
BUS 352 - Financial Management 3 cr.
BUS 353 - Investments 3 cr.
BUS 354 - Financial Planning 3 cr. (if not taken as part of the Required Courses)
BUS 355 - Real Estate Investments 3 cr.
BUS 356 - Corporate Risk Management 3 cr.
BUS 357 - International Corporate Finance 3 cr.
BUS 455 - Corporate Finance Seminar 3 cr.
BUS 490 - Special Topics in Business Administration Cr arranged. (varies)
ECON 272 - Personal Finance 3 cr. (if not taken as part of the Required Courses)
MATH 362 - Theory of Interest 3 cr.

General electives, 6 credits

Successfully complete an additional 6 credits in SBE, 200-level or above, not including ACCT 497 , ACCT 498 , BUS 496 , BUS 497 , BUS 498 , ECON 200 , ECON 497 , or ECON 498 . Courses taken to satisfy other requirements for the major do not count towards this requirement.

Communication in the Major, 6 credits

Capstone Experience, 3 credits

BUS 480 - Management Capstone 3 cr.