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Bachelor of Science:
Business Administration
Concentration in Financial Management
Effective Fall 2011

The major in Finance is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of accounting and financial management functions with particular emphasis on financial instruments, financial institutions, and capital structure as they relate to the corporate enterprise. Courses in accounting, economics, and law are combined with computer sciences, social sciences, humanities, mathematics, and a finance concentration to ensure a breadth of education and experience. An analysis of the Financial Management curriculum is presented below:

Suggested sequence of courses:


FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
	College Algebra (MAT 111) or GE Elective (110-299)	4 / 3		Critical Writing II (ENG 176)	3
	Critical Writing I (ENG 175)	3		Desktop Apps - MS Excel (ITG 149) or GE Elective (110-299)	4 / 3
	Desktop Apps - MS Word (ITG 148) or GE Elective (110-299)	4 / 3		Humanities II (HUM 104)	3
	Humanities I (HUM 103)	3		Intro to Sociology (SOC 161)	3
	Intro to Psychology (PSY 160)	3		Precalculus (MAT 136)	4
		15 - 17			16 - 17
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
	Accounting Principles I (ACC 206)	3		Accounting Principles II (ACC 207)	3
	Calculus I (MAT 298)	4		Calculus II (MAT 299)	4
	Finite Math (MAT 234)	4		Macroeconomics (ECO 201)	3
	Microeconomics (ECO 200)	3		GE Elective (110-299)	3
	GE Elective (110-299)	3		GE Elective (110-299)	3
	HUM or SS Elective (110-299)	3			16
		20

JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
	Financial Management (FIN 333)	3		Applied Business Statistics (STA 326)	3
	Management & Org Behavior (MGT 303)	3		Database Modeling & Mgmt (MGT 348)	3
	Marketing Management (MKT 305)	3		Money & Banking (ECO 344)	3
	MIS with MS Access (ITG 325)	4		BUS Elective (300-400)	3
	BUS Elective (300-400)	3		GE Elective (300-400)	3
	GE Elective (300-400)	3			15
		19

SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester		Credits	Spring Semester		Credits
	Human Resource Mgmt (MGT 428)	3		Business Law I (LAW 431)	3
	Investment & Portfolio Mgmt (FIN 452)	3		Business Policy & Strategy (MGT 492)	3
	Operations Management (MGT 481)	3		Senior Seminar in Int'l Finance (FIN 477)	3
	Presentation & Debate I (ENG 485)	3		Presentation & Debate II (ENG 486)	3
	Research & Bus Writing I (ENG 465)	3		Research & Bus Writing II (ENG 466)	3
	BUS Elective (300-400)	3			15
		18

Minimum credits required: 134 - 137