Finance
Finance major information
Global Awareness and Understanding (GAU) Course List
Department of Finance
Finance Requirements
Recommended Academic Plan — Finance 2005 through 2009
| 1st Semester | Credits |
| PSU 006 First Year Seminar | 1 |
| § ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Composition | 3 |
| § MATH 110 or 140 Calculus | 4 |
| § ECON 002 Microeconomics | 3 |
| Foreign Lang | 4 |
| 2nd Semester | Credits |
| § ECON 004 Macroeconomics | 3 |
| § B A 241 Law or B A 242 Ethics | 2 |
| § MIS 204 Bus Info Systems | 3 |
| Foreign Lang or Electives | 4-3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| 3rd Semester | Credits |
| § ACCTG 211 Fin/Manage Acctg | 4 |
| § B A 242 Ethics or B A 241 Law | 2 |
| Foreign Lang or Electives | 4-3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 4th Semester | Credits |
| § SCM 200 Bus Stats or STAT 200 | 4 |
| ENGL 202D (GWS) Bus Writing | 3 |
| CAS 100 (GWS) Speech | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 5th Semester | Credits |
| B A 301 Finance | 2 |
| B A 304 Mgmt and Org | 2 |
| Related Area | 3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Health/KINES (GHA) | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 6th Semester | Credits |
| B A 302 Supply Chains |
2 |
| B A 303 Marketing | 2 |
| FIN 305W Fin Mgmt/Bus Entrpr | 3 |
| FIN 408 Fin Markets & Inst | 3 |
| Two-Piece Sequence | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
| 7th Semester | Credits |
| FIN 406 Security Analysis & Portfolio Mgmt | 3 |
| FIN 400 Level | 3 |
| B A 411 Analyze Bus/Industry | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Electives | 2-4 |
| 8th Semester | Credits |
| FIN 400 Level | 3 |
| Two-Piece Sequence | 3 |
| Gen Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
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
- Take all of the following Finance courses (9 credits) - A grade of "C" or higher is required in FIN courses.
- FIN 305W (3) Financial Management of the Business Enterprise [Prerequisite: B A 301]
- FIN 406 (3) Security Analysis and Portfolio Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
- FIN 408 (3) Financial Markets and Institutions [Prerequisite: B A 301]
- Select six credits of additional Finance courses- A grade of "C" or higher is required in FIN courses.
- FIN 405 (3) Advanced Financial Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
- FIN 407 (3) Multinational Financial Management [Prerequisite: FIN 305W]
- FIN 410 (3) Speculative Markets [Prerequisite: FIN 406]
- FIN 414 (3) Financial Trading and Applications [Prerequisite: FIN 305W, FIN 406]
- FIN (R EST) 460 (3) Real Estate Financial Analysis [Prerequisites: FIN 305W]
- FIN (R EST) 470 (3) Real Estate and Capital Markets [Prerequisites: FIN 305W]
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Real Estate- Select two courses from the following
- 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
In lieu of a sequence, an approved University minor may be used if sufficient credits are available.
