Finance — Bachelor of Science The Bachelor of Science degree in finance prepares students for careers as financial analysts, security analysts, financial planners, or account executives within the banking, insurance, and securities industries and other commercial concerns. Course requirements involve 63 semester hours including: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I............................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...........................................3 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business...................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ............................................................3 BUS-3000 The Business Experience.............................................1 BUS-3150 Operations Analysis......................................................3 BUS-3910 International Business..................................................3 BUS-4420 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility...................2 ECON-2330 Microeconomics.........................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. ......................................................3 ENTR-1010 Creative Problem-Solving. ..........................................2 FIN-3310 Money and Financial Markets. .......................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance......................................................3 FIN-3730 Investments....................................................................3 FIN-4770 Advanced Financial Management..................................3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...........................................2 ITM-3410 Topics in Information Technology Management.............2 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.............3 *MGMT-4510 Strategic Management.............................................3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...............................................3 Finance Electives selected from.................................................9 ACCT-3110 Intermediate Financial Accounting I................. 0-3 or ACCT-4110 Federal Income Taxes.......................... 0-3 FIN-3XXX or 4XXX Electives.............................................. 6-9 *Capstone Course Required Cognate........................................................................3 GMTH-1020 College Algebra.................................................... 3 (Satisfies quantitative requirement for general education core.) Finance Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–4 General Education Requirements................................................48 Finance Major Requirements.......................................................63 Required Cognate..........................................................................3 Electives....................................................................................... 14 Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128 A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 24. Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Finance First Year: BTGE-1725 The Bible and the Gospel...............................................3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 ENTR-1010 Creative Problem-Solving. ..............................................2 GMTH-1020 College Algebra.............................................................3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...............................................2 Biological Science Elective. ............................................................3.5 History Elective..................................................................................3 Physical Science Elective. ..............................................................3.5 Total................................................................................................. 32 Second Year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I................................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...............................................3 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business.......................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ................................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. ...........................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics. ..........................................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance..........................................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and Healthy Living..................................2 Social Science Elective......................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 32 Third Year: BTGE-3755 Theology I. .....................................................................3 BTGE-3765 Theology II. ....................................................................3 BUS-3000 The Business Experience.................................................1 BUS-3150 Operations Analysis..........................................................3 BUS-3910 International Business......................................................3 FIN-3310 Money and Financial Markets. ...........................................3 FIN-3730 Investments........................................................................3 ITM-3410 Topics in Information Technology Management.................2 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.................3 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...................................................3 Humanities Elective. ..........................................................................3 Finance Electives...............................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 33 Fourth Year: BUS-4420 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.......................2 FIN-4770 Advanced Financial Management......................................3 MGMT-4510 Strategic Management. .................................................3 LIT-2XXX Literature Elective. .............................................................3 Finance Electives...............................................................................6 Electives........................................................................................... 14 Total................................................................................................. 31 Page 116 2024–25 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Robert W. Plaster School of Business Business
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