1998-1999 Academic Catalog

School of Social Sciences Finance The finance major 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 80 quarter hours: Business administration core requirements ......................... 54 ACCT-211,212 Principles ofAccounting I, II ......................... 10 BUS-lOOBusinessPrologue .................................................... 1 BUS-211,212Statisticsl,II ....................................................... 6 BUS-218BusinessLawl .......................................................... 4 BUS-299 Personal Development (3 quarters) ........................... 0 BUS-311 Decision Analysis ..................................................... 3 BUS-399 Professional Development (3 quarters) ..................... 0 BUS-442BusinessSeminar ...................................................... 3 BUS-499ExecutiveDevelopment(3 quarters) .......................... O ECON-233Microeconomics ..................................................... 4 ECON-234Macroeconomics .................................................... 4 FIN-371 Financial Management of the Firm ............................. 4 MGMT-350 Principles ofOrganization and Management ................................................................... 4 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ...................... 4 MIS-220ComputerlnformationSystems ................................. 3 MRKT-360 Principles ofMarketing ......................................... 4 Professional Studies Finance requirements ........................................................... 26 ACCT-311,312IntermediateAccounting ................................. 6 FIN-331 International Money and Capital Markets .................. 4 FIN-373Investments ................................................................ 4 FIN-472Business Valuation ..................................................... 4 300 and 400-level Finance electives ......................................... 8 Additional required cognate: *GSCI-190Calculus for Business ............................................. 5 *satisfies mathematics General Education Requirement International Studies-Global Economics and International Business The global economics and international business program prepares students for careers in international business. Offered as a part of the college's international studies program, the major is described in detail in the interdisciplinary studies section of the catalog. Finance professor Dr. William Ragle coordinates the business internship program.