2013-2014 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Finance The finance major falls under the Bachelor of Arts degree and 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 62 semester hours including: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I............................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...........................................3 BUS-1000 The Business Profession. .............................................2 BUS-1040 The Business Experience.............................................0 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business...................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law. ..............................................................3 BUS-315 0 Operations Analysis......................................................3 BUS-3910 International Business..................................................3 BUS-4420 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility...................2 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. .......................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics.......................................................3 FIN-3310 Money and Financial Markets. .......................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance......................................................3 FIN-3730 Investments....................................................................3 FIN-4770 Advanced Financial Management..................................3 MGMT-3500 Principles of Organization and Management.............3 *MGMT-4510 Strategic Management.............................................3 ITM-1500 Information Technology for Business.............................2 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...........................................2 MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing...............................................3 Finance Electives selected from.................................................9 ACCT-3110 Intermediate Financial Accounting I.................... 3 FIN-3750 International Finance............................................. 3 FIN-3760 Financial Planning................................................. 3 FIN-3770 Security Analysis .................................................. 3 FIN-4715 Advanced Portfolio Management (requires three one-hour credits)................................................................ 3 FIN-4750 Financial Institution Management ......................... 3 *Capstone Course Required Cognate........................................................................3 GMTH-1020 College Algebra.................................................... 3 (Satisfies quantitative requirement for general education core.) Finance Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–5 General Education Requirements..........................................48–56 Finance Major Requirements.......................................................62 Required Cognate..........................................................................3 Electives................................................................................... 7–15 Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128 A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 22. Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Finance First year: BEGE-1720 Spiritual Formation.........................................................3 BUS-1000 The Business Profession..................................................2 BUS-1040 The Business Experience (both semesters).....................0 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 GMTH-1020 College Algebra.............................................................3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 ITM-1500 Information Technology for Business.................................2 ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business...............................................2 Biological Science Elective.............................................................3.5 Physical Science Elective...............................................................3.5 Total................................................................................................. 31 Second year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I. ...............................................3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...............................................3 BEGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 BEGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BUS-1040 The Business Experience (both semesters).....................0 BUS-2150 Statistics for Business.......................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law...................................................................3 ECON-2330 Microeconomics. ...........................................................3 ECON-2340 Macroeconomics...........................................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and the Christian Life..............................2 History Elective..................................................................................3 Social Science Elective......................................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 32 Third year: BEGE-3755 Theology I......................................................................3 BEGE-3765 Theology II.....................................................................3 BUS-1040 The Business Experience (both semesters).....................0 BUS-3150 Operations Analysis..........................................................3 BUS-3910 International Business......................................................3 FIN-3310 Money and Financial Markets............................................3 FIN-3710 Principles of Finance..........................................................3 FIN-3730 Investments........................................................................3 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-1040 The Business Experience (both semesters).....................0 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........................................................................................... 15 Total................................................................................................. 32 Page 54 2013–14 Undergraduate Academic Catalog School of Business Administration Finance

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