Finance (BS)

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Please refer to the Four Year Plan for departmental recommended path towards graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (3cr.) (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

Major Requirements:

Three-credit Economics elective (ECON 251 , or 300-level or higher, excluding ECON 308 ).
COMM 212 - Oral Communication in Business (3cr.)
or
HOSP 230 - Executive Presentations and Problem Solving (3cr.) (taken in the sophomore year)
MATH 221 - Calculus I (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
MATH 230 - Finite Mathematics with Applications (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
MATH 201 - Introduction to Statistical Methods I (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
MATH 202 - Introduction to Statistical Methods II (3cr.)
or
MISY 262 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)

Additional Breadth Requirements:

Additional six credits from Creative Arts and Humanities and/or History and Cultural Change and/or foreign language instruction.
Additional six credits from Social & Behavioral Sciences (excluding ECON 101 , ECON 103 , BUAD 301  and BUAD 309 ).
Additional seven credits from Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology, including one Lab credit (ECON 415 , CISC, STAT, and MATH courses may not apply).

One of the following:

Business Core:

ACCT 207 - Accounting I (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
ACCT 208 - Accounting II (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
ACCT 352 - Law and Social Issues in Business (3cr.)
BUAD 110 - Basics of Business (3cr.)
BUAD 301 - Introduction to Marketing (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
BUAD 306 - Introduction to Service and Operations Management (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
BUAD 309 - Organizational Behavior (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
BUAD 441 - Strategic Management (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
ECON 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3cr.) (minimum grade C-)
ECON 308 - Banking and Monetary Policy (3cr.)
MISY 160 - Business Computing: Tools and Concepts (3cr.)
MISY 261 - Business Information Systems (3cr.)

Note:

Only one of MISY 261 or ACCT 302 will count towards graduation.

Finance Core:

Students must earn a grade of C- or better in FINC 311 and all but one of the required FINC courses.

Three of the following:

Professional Electives:

Three credits from ACCT, BUAD, ENTR, FINC, or MISY (300-level or higher) (ACCT 302 , ACCT 350 and ACCT 351 may not apply).

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient credits must be taken to meet the minimum credits required for the degree. Electives courses can be chosen from inside or outside the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, and no more than two credits from BHAN 120 may apply.