The Finance major emphasizes fundamental accounting, economics, and finance concepts and theories, and provides applied practice to promote well-informed financial decision-making. The major prepares students for careers in business and industry as financial analysts and managers, and provides an excellent background for graduate programs in finance or management. Other students enter the consulting or legal professions, or develop careers in the various occupations related to investment activity or financial institutions.
Students in the University’s finance program are actively sought by corporate recruiters who know the students have been well prepared for the world of contemporary finance.
Students who wish to major in Finance must complete the Business Professional Core and the Arts and Sciences Core, general education requirements, arts and sciences electives to total a minimum of 60 credit hours, and the major requirements.
BUSI 150 or MATH 151 are required for Finance Majors, MATH 104 is not accepted for Quantitative Reasoning. Finance Majors must earn a "C" or higher in each course listed above.
Major Requirements
Business General Education Requirements
Business students must complete the Business General Education Requirements.
University Requirement
The university requirements must also be fulfilled, but do not count towards the 120 credit total for College of Business degrees. These include:
General Electives
Take as many Approved Liberal Arts and Science Courses as need to complete a total of 120 credits, and to fulfill the Liberal Arts and Science 60 credit requirement.