Business Administration - Finance Option

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The Business Administration degree program, which includes its eight options, is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). The Business Administration degree program is one of the five degree programs offered in the School of Business Administration.

Coordinator - Frederick H. Mull

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
ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 272 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
BA 301 - Managmnt & Organizatnl Behavor Credits: 4
MK 350 - Marketing Credits: 4
BA 353 - Operations Management Credits: 4
BA 380 - Financial Management Credits: 4
BA 496 - Senior Sem in Strategic Mngmt Credits: 4

Subtotal Common SOBA Requirements - Credits: 41

Quantitative Reasoning Requirement:

Complete one of the following:

BA 485 - Investments & Portfolio Mgmnt 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:

CSIS 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 Mgmnt Credits: 4

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

³ BA 382 - Financial Inst & Investmt Advising Credits: 4
BA 384 - Topics in Finance Credits: 1 to 4
BA 386 - Insurance Credits: 4
BA 387 - Real Estate Credits: 4
BA 389 - International Finance Credits: 4
BA 392 - Research Topics Credits: 1 to 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
²/³ ECON 382 - Money/Financial Institutions Credits: 4

Subtotal Finance Option Requirements - Credits: 19¹

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 67-68

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

¹ The 19 credits used to satisfy an option in Finance may not be used to satisfy any other major, minor, or option within the School of Business Administration.

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

³Student may not earn credit in both BA 382 and ECON 382

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 Suggested Course Sequence¹

Freshman Fall Semester		Freshman Winter Semester³
COMP 125 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS (SC1) LIBERAL ARTS (HI)² LIBERAL ARTS (AH)²	3-4 4 3-4 3-4	COMP 126 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS(SC2) LIBERAL ARTS (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	3 4 3 4	ACC 226 ECON 272 (SS)² BA 260 CSIS 222 Free Elective	4 3 3 4 3
Total Credits	14	Total Credits	17

Junior Fall Semester		Junior Winter Semester
BA 301 MK 350 BA 380 Free Elective	4 4 4 3	BA 353 Major Elective 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 Major Elective 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 Gen. Ed. 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.