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The minimum total credits required for a BBA degree in Finance is 122.

General Education Requirements (44 Credits)

Complete the General Education Requirements.  Include the following specific courses:
  • Mathematics           MATH 1324 & MATH 1325 or *MATH 2412 & MATH 2413 or equivalent
  • Social Science       SOCI 1301 or PSYC 1301

*Given the quantitative nature of finance, we recommend that you take MATH 2412 and 2413 if possible.

Computer Use
Finance majors obtain skills in using computers in problem-solving in COSC 1335 (BCIS 1305 or 1405), a required lower-division course.  ACCT 3333/ MNGT 3333, a required core business course, includes further development of these skills and their application in a business context.  Because of the importance of Excel as a computational tool, we strongly recommend that you take COSC 1335 and do not waive out of this critical course requirement or attempt to substitute a computer science course that does not cover use of Excel.
 

Lower Level Business Courses (18 Credits)

ACCT 2301                    Principles of Financial Accounting (3)                    
ACCT 2302                   Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) 
COSC 1335                   Computers & Problem Solving (3)                     
ECON 2301                   Principles of Macroeconomics (3)                     
ECON 2302                   Principles of Microeconomics (3)          
MNGT 2301                   Introduction to Statistics (3)

 Upper Level Business Common Core Courses (30 Credits)

ACCT 3333                    Information System Fundamentals (3)    
*ECON 3322                   Money and Banking (3)             
FINA 3320                     Principles of Finance (3)                                   
MNGT 3302                   Inferential Statistics (3)                         
MNGT 3310                   Management Concepts and
                                                Organizational Theory (3)                      
MNGT 3311                   Business Communications (3)               
MNGT 3324                   Business and the Law (3)                                  
MNGT 3340                   Production and Operations Management (3)      
MNGT 4375                   Strategic Management (3)                                 
MRKT 3300                   Principles of Marketing (3)        

* Finance majors are required to take ECON 3322 for their upper level economics elective.

Other Required Upper Level Courses (30 Credits)

Approved ACCT Tools Elective  (ACCT 3301 or 3310) (3)
Approved ECON Tools Elective (ECON 3303 or 4307) (3)
FINA 4323             Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments (3)
FINA 4325             Options & Futures (3)
FINA 4327             Portfolio Theory & Management (3)
Approved Financial Management Elective (FINA 4321, FINA 4322, FINA 4329 (3)
Approved Upper Level FINA Electives (excluding FINA 4392) (6)
Approved Upper Level Business Electives and/or Economics Electives (excluding ACCT 3301 an ACCT 3310) (6)