Finance Program Requirements

Faculty

• Matt Crouse
• Richard Haskell
• Lauren Lo Re (Chair)

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Program Goals

The Finance Program offers a major leading to a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree that will prepare students for career options in corporate finance, international finance, new venture financing, investments, banking, consulting, or business financial planning. The theoretical and practical aspects of finance are integrated to provide students with critical thinking skills and analytical tools as a foundation for life-long learning. Students completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance should:

• Explain the firm’s financial structure and the role of finance in maximizing a firm’s value.
• Use financial theories, practices, analytical tools, and models for making critical decisions.
• Develop solutions to complex financial problems.
• Communicate complex financial concepts, analyses, strategies and decisions.
• Develop ethical awareness.

Program Requirements

To fulfill the requirements for the major in Finance, students must complete the courses outlined below and maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in all coursework required by the program. Students are also required to complete the ETS Major Field Test in Business before they are eligible to graduate (exceptions may be considered by program chair when relocation or other conditions make completion of the test impractical).

Students must meet the university-wide graduation requirements in addition to the Finance major:

• 124 total hours
• 30 upper division hours
• WCore or Honors College requirements

Undergraduate Business Core

Students in all business majors (with the exception of some economics programs) complete a common undergraduate core designed to develop skills in all functional areas of business.

There are two components to the common undergraduate core: the lower-division requirements, and the upper-division requirements. Since many of the lower-division core requirements are prerequisites for upper-division core requirements, students should work to complete lower-division courses early in their programs. Upper-division core requirements should be taken when prerequisites are met. Prerequisites are noted in the table below.

Bachelor of Science in Finance

Note: All students must complete 124 hours of coursework to graduate, 30 hours of which must be upper division (300 level or above). Students may need to take other courses to complete the university hours requirement.

Bachelor of Arts in Finance

Note: All students must complete 124 hours of coursework to graduate, 30 hours of which must be upper division (300 level or above). Students may need to take other courses to complete the university hours requirement.

Recommended Plan of Study (B.A. and B.S.)

Starting Business as a First-Year Student

Starting Business as a Sophomore