Coursework for the finance major covers concepts of valuation, investment, and financial structure in corporate financial management. Many finance majors begin their careers in corporate finance, commercial banking, or as analysts in investment banking firms.
To earn the BSM degree with a transcript designation as a finance major, complete the following courses:
General liberal arts and sciences requirements (approximately 44 hours)
Freeman prerequisites (a minimum of 18 hours):
ACCT 203 - Financial Accounting
MATH 115, 121, or 131 - Calculus
MATH 111, 114, or ECON 323 - Statistics
ECON 101 or 103 - Microeconomics
ECON 102 or 104 - Macroeconomics
PSYC 100, 101, or 102 - Psychology
Freeman core curriculum (27 hours):
ACCT 301 - Managerial Accounting
ISDS 375 - Business Computing
MKTG 382 - Marketing Management
PERS 321 - Managerial Perspectives
FINC 352 - Financial Management
MCOM 335 - Management Communications
OBHR 331 - Organizational Behavior
PSOM 372 - Operations Management
GMGT 415 - Management Policy
Finance major required course (3 hours):
FINC 451 - Advanced Financial Management
One of the following two courses (3 hours):
ACCT 303 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 405 - Financial Accounting Analysis
Four finance electives from the following list (12 hours):
FINC 426 - Insurance & Risk Management
FINC 434 - Venture Capital & Private Equity
FINC 453 - Cases in Financial Management
FINC 454 - Investments
FINC 455 - Financial Markets & Institutions
FINC 456 - Risk Management & Financial Innovation
FINC 457 - Commercial Bank Management
FINC 460 - Inside Commercial Banking
FINC 462 - International Finance
FINC 468 - Real Estate Planning & Development
FINC 470/471 - Equity Analysis/Burkenroad Reports
FINC 472 - Darwin Fenner Student Managed Fund+
FINC 473 - Competing for Customers & Capital
FINC 474 - Financial Modeling
FINC 480 - Fundamental & Technical Trading
+ For this class to count as a finance elective, the student must also take FINC 454, although not necessarily in the same semester. Enrollment in FINC 472 is by invitation only.
One non-business elective [200 level or higher] (3 hours)
Two non-business or business electives [300 level or higher] (6 hours)
and any two business electives (6 hours)
