Business Administration: Finance Bachelor of Science degree
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration - Finance (60 credit hours)
A. General Course Requirements (45 credit hours):
Supporting Courses (9 credit hours)
MATH 120 |
Survey of Calculus I |
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CSIT 104 |
Introduction to Microcomputer Software |
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CSIT 151 |
Introduction to Information Systems |
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CSIT 251 |
Information Systems Structures |
Lower Level Business Core Courses (15 credit hours)
ECON 200 |
Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics |
ACCT 201 |
Principles of Financial Accounting |
ACCT 202 |
Principles of Managerial Accounting |
ECON 201 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
ECON 202 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
Upper Level Business Core Courses (21 credit hours)
BUAD 300 |
Statistical Analysis |
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BUAD 310 |
Legal Environment of Business |
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ACCT 311 |
Business Law I |
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BUAD 320 |
Managerial Finance |
BUAD 323 |
Organizational Behavior |
BUAD 327 |
Production and Operations Management I |
BUAD 328 |
Marketing Foundations |
BUAD 499 |
Strategic Management |
B. Major Course Requirements for Finance Concentration (15 credit hours)
BUAD 372 |
Financial Investments |
BUAD 417 |
Corporate Finance I |
BUAD 418 |
Corporate Finance II |
Plus 6 credit hours from the following:
BUAD 315 |
Principles of Business Finance |
ECON 315 |
Money/Banking/Monetary Economics |
BUAD 374 |
Small Business Finance |
BUAD 416 |
Portfolio Management |
BUAD 472 |
International Finance |
BUAD 480 |
Internship |
C. All Business Administration majors must complete at least 66 credit hours of non-ACCT/BUAD prefixed courses.
D. All Business Administration majors must complete all courses in the Lower Level Business Core, the Upper Level Business Core, and the Major Requirements with a minimum grade of C-.
E. All Business Administration majors are allowed to repeat a failed major course no more than two times.
Individualized Specialization: With the approval of his or her advisor and the chair of the department, a student may develop his or her own specialization in lieu of the above specific major. Such specializations must consist of (as listed above) the Supporting Courses, the Lower Level Business Core, the Upper Level Business Core, and at least five additional upper-level courses in a cohesive subject-area germane to business. Currently popular individualized specializations include but are not limited to Sport Management, Pharmaceutical Sales, Corporate Law, and International Business. Other specializations are possible and encouraged as long as they satisfy the department’s conditions for rigor and substance.
