Finance

Global Awareness and Understanding (GAU) Course List
Department of Finance
Finance Requirements

Recommended Academic Plan — Finance 2005 through 2009

Bold type requires grade of C or better.

Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.

GWS, GQ, GA, GH, GS, and GHA are codes used to identify General Education requirements.

US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.

W suffix signifies the course satisfies the University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.

§ Entrance to Major requirement.

Finance (FIN) Requirements 2005 through 2009

1. Take all of the following Finance courses (9 credits) - A grade of "C" or higher is required in FIN courses.
1. FIN 305W (3) Financial Management of the Business Enterprise [Prerequisite: B A 301]
2. FIN 406 (3) Security Analysis and Portfolio Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
3. FIN 408 (3) Financial Markets and Institutions [Prerequisite: B A 301]
2. Select six credits of additional Finance courses- A grade of "C" or higher is required in FIN courses.
1. FIN 405 (3) Advanced Financial Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
2. FIN 407 (3) Multinational Financial Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
3. FIN 410 (3) Speculative Markets [Prerequisite: FIN 406]
4. FIN 414 (3) Financial Trading and Applications [Prerequisite: FIN 305W, FIN 406]
5. FIN (R EST) 460 (3) Real Estate Financial Analysis [Prerequisites: FIN 305W]
6. FIN (R EST) 470 (3) Real Estate and Capital Markets [Prerequisites: FIN 305W]
3. Select three credits of Related Area (3 credits)
• Select three credits from one of the Two-Piece Sequences below. Courses cannot double count in Related Area and the Two-Piece Sequence.
4. Select one Two-Piece Sequence (6 credits) from the following list
• Accounting - Select two courses from the following
• ACCTG 404 (3) Managerial Accounting
• ACCTG 471 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting I
• ACCTG 472 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting II
• Economics - Select two courses from the following
• Select 3 credits of 300/400 level Economics
• Select 3 credits of 400 level Economics
• Entrepreneurship- Take the following two courses
• MGMT 425 (497G) (3) New Venture Creation
• MGMT 426 (497E) (3) Invention Commercialization
• Information Systems Management- Take the following two courses
• MIS 390 (3) Information Systems Management and Applications
• MIS 446 (3) Information Technology and Business Strategy
• Insurance- Take the following two courses
• INS 301 (3) Risk and Insurance
• INS 405 (3) Corporate Risk Management
• International Business- Select two courses from the following
• I B 303 (3) International Business Operations
• I B 403 (3) International Business and National Policies
• I B 404 (3) Contemporary Issues in International Business
• I B 440 (3) Globalization and Its Implications
• I B 450 (3) Business Environment of Europe
• Management- Take the following two courses
• MGMT 326 (3) Organizational Behavior and Design
• MGMT 471 (3) Strategic Management
• Management Information Systems - Phased Out in Fall 2007
• MIS 431 (3) Business Data Management
• MIS 432 (3) Information Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation
• MIS 436 (3) Business Data Communications
• Marketing- Take the following two courses
• MKTG 330 (3) Buyer Behavior
• MKTG 445 (3) Global Marketing
• Real Estate- Select two courses from the following
• R EST 301 (3) Real Estate Fundamentals
• R EST 420 (3) Analysis of Real Estate Markets
• Risk Analysis- Select two courses from the following
• B A 427 (3) Risk and Decisions
• INS 405 (3) Corporate Risk Management
• SCM 456 (3) Supply Chain Risk Analysis
• Supply Chain and Information Systems- Take the following two courses
• SCM 404 (3) Demand Fulfillment
• SCM 405 (3) Manufacturing and Service Strategies

In lieu of a sequence, an approved University minor may be used if sufficient credits are available.