Finance Major B.S.
Finance is application of tools and concepts from mathematics, statistics, and economics to financial decision making. Solid preparation in these areas should precede finance courses. When choosing courses to meet general education and liberal studies requirements, and when choosing electives, students planning to major in finance should choose courses that use mathematics and courses that sharpen writing skills.
Requirements
The finance program consists of six parts:
- General Education/Liberal Studies
- COM Foundation Courses
- MIS 100 Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations
- MATH 115 College Algebra
- STAT 201 Statistics I
- ECON 201 Macroeconomics
- ECON 202 Microeconomics
- ACCT 210 Financial Accounting
- Business Core Courses
- MKTG 300 Marketing Principles
- MGMT 310 Management Principles and Practices
- MIS 310 Principles of Management Information Systems
- FIN 390 Principles of Finance
- DSCI 434 Introduction to Operations Management
- MGMT 499 Case Studies in Strategic Management
- Finance Intermediate Courses (three courses, all required)
- ACCT 310 Financial Reporting
- ECON 420 Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions
- FIN 392 Corporate Finance
- Finance Advanced Courses (required: any three of the following courses)
- ACCT 515 Financial Statement Analysis
- FIN 511 Investments and Portfolio Analysis
- FIN 550 International Finance
- FIN 595 Advanced Corporate Finance (formerly titled Strategic Finance)
- Another upper-division course approved by the finance area coordinator.
- Unrestricted electives as needed to total a minimum of 120 credits.
Many College of Management courses are sequenced and build on previous learning. Students must complete course prerequisites before registering for a course which requires prerequisites. In addition, students must complete 30 credits of coursework before they can register for College of Management upper division courses (those numbered 300 and above). MGMT 499 Case Studies in Strategic Management is a capstone class which should be taken near the end of a student’s program.
Transfer of Credit
Transfer course evaluation is made by the faculty in the College of Management. Students may be granted credit for courses of similar content and level (such as lower or upper division) taken at regionally accredited colleges and universities. Students cannot meet major required or elective course requirements with lower-division courses. In addition, courses being transferred into the accounting, economics and management information systems areas must meet respective sunsetting policy requirements. Sunsetting policies specify the acceptable time between when a course is taken and when the course is evaluated to meet a major requirement. If a course is not accepted because too much time has elapsed since the course was completed, a student may demonstrate competence in some courses via exam. Currently, waiver exams are available for Financial Accounting, Strategic Management Accounting, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations.
Credit and Residency Requirements
Students in each of the College of Management bachelor of science major programs must complete a minimum of 20 credit hours of their major requirements and/or major electives at Metropolitan State University. In addition, students must complete at lease 30 credits at Metropolitan State University in order to graduate.
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