Finance Option

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The Business Administration major with a finance option focuses on those financial activities that affect business, government and non-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 the rapidly 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. A student studying finance must complete the following requirements:

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ..........32-44

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:

Common SOBA Requirements ..........38
Quantitative Reasoning Requirements ..........4
Auxiliary Requirements ..........4

Other Departmental Requirements
One (1) 300- or 400-level Economics Course ..........4
BA 481W Cases in Financial Management* ..........4
BA 485 Investments and Portfolio Management ..........4

Plus a minimum of seven (7) credits from the following:
BA 382 Financial Institutions ..........4
BA 386 Insurance ..........4
BA 387 Real Estate ..........4
BA 389 International Finance ..........4
BA 390 Special Topics in Finance ..........4
BA 437 Internship in Business – Finance Related ..........3
Econ 369 Public Finance** ..........4
Econ 371 International Economics** ..........4
Econ 364W Macroeconomic Theory ..........4

Total Other Departmental Requirements ..........19***

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS ..........65

FREE ELECTIVES ..........11-23

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION ..........120

*Completion of this course fulfills the Group W requirement for students in the finance option.

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

*** The 15 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.

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