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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

  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
    • Economics - Select two courses from the following
    • Entrepreneurship- Take the following two courses
    • 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
      • 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
    • 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
      • 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.

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