Business Administration Major - Finance Option

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The Business Administration major - Finance option focuses on those financial activities that affect business, government, and not-for-profit organizations. Students will be introduced to financial planning and management as they pertain to organizations, to the function of both capital and money markets, and to fund raising in these markets.

Financial theory and practice have changed rapidly in the past 20 years and will probably continue to change at least as rapidly in the immediate future. Therefore, students will be introduced to this constantly evolving theory of finance so that they will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of a firm’s financing decisions and investments. Students also will become familiar with the analytical techniques that can be used to seek solutions to a wide range of financial problems.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

A student studying the Finance option must complete the following requirements:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core requirements.

Major Requirements:

Common SOBA Requirements:

ACC 225 - Intro to Financial Accounting Credits: 4
ACC 226 - Intro to Managerial Accounting Credits: 4
BA 253 - Business Statistics Credits: 4
BA 260 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
BA 301 - Management & Organizational Behavior Credits: 4
BA 353 - Operations Management Credits: 4
BA 380 - Financial Management Credits: 4
BA 496 - Senior Seminar in Strategic Management Credits: 4
ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 272 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
MK 350 - Marketing Credits: 4

Subtotal Common SOBA Requirements - Credits: 41

Quantitative Reasoning Requirement:

Complete one of the following:

BA 485 - Investments & Portfolio Management Credits: 4
CSIS 350 - Database Management Systems Credits: 4
ECON 361 - Managerial Economics Credits: 4
MATH 210 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 221 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 222 - Calculus II Credits: 4
MK 376 - Managing Customer Value Credits: 3
MK 486 - Marketing Research Credits: 4

Subtotal Quantitative Reasoning Requirement - Credits: 3-4

Auxiliary Requirement:

BA 222 - Management Information Systems Credits: 4

Subtotal Auxiliary Requirement - Credits: 4

Finance Option Requirements:

One 300- or 400-level Economics Course - Credits: 4

BA 481 - Cases in Financial Management Credits: 4
BA 485 - Investments & Portfolio Management Credits: 4

Plus a minimum of seven (7) credits from the following:

BA 384 - Topics in Finance Credits: 1-4
BA 386 - Insurance Credits: 4
BA 387 - Real Estate Credits: 4
BA 389 - International Finance Credits: 4
BA 392 - Research Topics Credits: 1-4 - Finance related
BA 437 - Internship in Business Credits: 3 - Finance related
² ECON 364 - Macroeconomic Theory Credits: 4
² ECON 369 - Public Sector Economics Credits: 4
² ECON 371 - International Economics Credits: 4
2 ECON 382 - Money/Financial Institutions Credits: 4

Subtotal Finance Option Requirements - Credits: 19

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 67-68¹

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*

* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

¹ Students completing more than one major must meet the double major policy of 27 discrete credits in each major. Students may have to complete additional credits for this major in order to meet this policy

² This course may not be used to fulfill the 300- or 400-level Economics course requirement and the Finance option requirement simultaneously.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.

Business Administration Major - Finance Option Suggested Course Sequence¹

Freshman Fall Semester		Freshman Winter Semester³
COMP 125 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS CORE (SC1) LIBERAL ARTS CORE (HI)² LIBERAL ARTS CORE (AH)²	3-4 4 3-4 3-4	COMP 126 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS CORE (SC2) LIBERAL ARTS CORE (AH)² MATH 110 ES 100 /PE	3-4 3-4 3-4 4 1
Total Credits	13-16	Total Credits	14-17

Sophomore Fall Semester		Sophomore Winter Semester
COMP 252 ACC 225 ECON 262 (SS)² BA 253 (MA)	4 4 3 4	ACC 226 ECON 272 (SS)² BA 260 BA 222 Free Elective	4 3 3 4 3
Total Credits	15	Total Credits	17

Junior Fall Semester		Junior Winter Semester
BA 301 MK 350 BA 380 Free Elective	4 4 4 3	BA 353 BA 481 Major Elective Upper Level Econ or SOBA QR Requirement	4 4 4 4
Total Credits	15	Total Credits	16

Senior Fall Semester		Senior Winter Semester
Free Elective EGC BA 485 Major Elective	4 3-4 4 3-4	BA 496 Major Elective EGC Free Elective	4 3-4 3-4 4
Total Credits	14-16	Total Credits	14-16

¹ In order to graduate in four years, the recommended number of credits per semester is 15 credits (8 semesters X 15 credits = 120 credits for graduation).

² There is a specific group of lower level Liberal Arts Core courses. The group contains AH, HI, and SS courses. Students must complete a total of 15 credits in that group with at least 1 course from HI, 2 courses from AH, and 1 from SS (both Econ 262 and 272 will satisfy this SS requirement).

³By the end of the Freshman year, a student should have completed Comp 150 (or equivalent) and 30 credits.