Finance (B.A.)

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Foundations

The Department of Economics and Business offers four distinct majors: accounting, business administration, economics and finance. Students majoring in business administration may also elect to complete a concentration in international business, management, marketing, or sport management. Students may choose only one concentration. Additionally, the department jointly sponsors with the Political Science Department the international affairs major (see Interdisciplinary/Off-Campus Programs ).

All students majoring in accounting, business administration, economics or finance are required to take the following courses:

ECB 105 - Introduction to Business 2 credits
ECB 115 - The Economy 4 credits
ECB 211 - Statistics in Business and Economics 4 credits
ECB 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics 4 credits or ECB 324 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 4 credits

One of the following courses or equivalent validation:

MAT 134 - Survey of Calculus 4 credits
MAT 121 - Calculus I 4 credits

Note

Students must continuously maintain a 2.0 GPA within the major.

Requirements

The finance major utilizes foundational and elective courses from both accounting and economics to develop the tools and understandings essential to competent financial theory and practice. This knowledge base is extended and specialized to the finance discipline through the study of international capital markets and financial institutions, financial planning and control, capital budgeting and development of capital resources. The two elective courses allow students to emphasize either corporate finance or financial markets/institutions.

Completing the finance major requires at most 64 credits in total. Required courses in addition to the Foundations are:

ECB 117 - Principles of Accounting I 4 credits
ECB 118 - Principles of Accounting II 4 credits
ECB 247 - Financial Management 4 credits
ECB 320 - Business Law 4 credits
ECB 330 - Financial Markets and Institutions 4 credits
ECB 355 - Risk Management and Insurance 4 credits
ECB 356 - Personal Financial Planning 4 credits
ECB 372 - Investments 4 credits
ECB 492 - Senior Seminar: Management, Strategy and Ethics 4 credits

An additional 8 credits of elective courses from the approved list below:

ECB 245 - Principles of Management 4 credits
ECB 277 - Principles of Marketing 4 credits
ECB 305 - Economic Development 4 credits
ECB 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics 4 credits
ECB 313 - Econometrics 4 credits
ECB 324 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 4 credits
ECB 362 - Cost Accounting 4 credits
ECB 364 - Federal Income Taxation 4 credits
ECB 366 - International Economics 4 credits
ECB 374 - Small Business Management 4 credits
ECB 371 Business Applications and Analysis Using Excel Credits: 4
(Currently offered under selected topics)

Graduate Studies

Students interested in graduate work in finance should elect:

MAT 121 - Calculus I 4 credits
ECB 313 - Econometrics 4 credits or
MAT 318 - Probability 4 credits and
MAT 319 - Statistics 4 credits
Taking MAT 318 and MAT 319 also waives ECB 211 .