BSBA Finance Courses

The Bachelor of science in business administration with a major in finance curriculum requires the completion of 30 credit hours of finance and accounting courses in addition to the 90 business and general education credit hours for a total of 120 credit hours.  The following courses are required for the finance major:

General Education Requirements - 39 credit hours

ENG 143 College Composition or ENG 133 Technical Communications
HUM 203 Humanities Seminar
SP 203 Effective Speaking
COM 213 Business Communications
ECO 213 Microeconomics and ECO 223 Macroeconomics 
  or ECO 203 Survey of Economics and Social Science Elective
Humanities Elective 
MA 113 College Algebra
MA 173 Essential Calculus or MA 163 Applied Math w/ Business Concepts
Science Elective
MA 253 Statistics
PSY 113 Psychology
BA 213 Business Spreadsheets

Business Core & Program - 36 or 39 credit hours

BA 102 University Experience - Business or UE 101 University Experience
BA 123 Business Concepts
BA 201 Professional Development and Strategies
AC 203 Accounting I
AC 213 Accounting II
BA 3113 Business Internship*
FIN 303 Managerial Finance
FIN 353 Personal Finance
LAW 203 Business Law & Ethics
MGT 353 Designing Operations
MGT 363 Organizational Behavior
BA 453 Global Strategic Management
MGT 483 Capstone
MK 203 Marketing

Finance Concentration - 15 credit hours

AC 423 Personal Income Tax
FIN 323 Money and Banking
FIN 403 Investments
FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance
FIN 473 Financial Modeling

Corporate Finance Track - 15 credit hours

AC 303 Cost Accounting
FIN 343 International Finance
Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 9 credit hours

                                 -OR-

 

Wealth Management Track - 15 credit hours

FIN 423 Portfolio & Wealth Planning
FIN 383 Risk & Insurance
MK 423 Professional Selling
Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 6 credit hours

Free Electives - 12 -15 credit hours

For a complete description of the above requirements, please go to the Course Catalog.

*The faculty recommend that all business students take an internship in an area of business related to their field of study.