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2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Finance Major, BS in Business Administration – Collateral Option


The finance major gives students the flexibility to tailor their programs to fit their particular career goals and to prepare for one (or more) of the following specialty areas. The course in investments leads to career opportunities in investment analysis, commercial and investment banking, and insurance companies. The course in real estate is designed for students who are interested in real estate brokerage, appraising, taxation, law, property management, real estate development, mortgage lending and banking, construction, government loan guarantees, and insurance. The course in corporate finance leads to opportunities in corporate forecasting, planning, and control; cash management; and capital and financial analysis positions. The course in financial institutions and markets prepares students for opportunities in the management of financial institutions, as well as within the government organizations related to the industry. The course in insurance and risk management prepares students for opportunities in insurance, business, and public risk management. The course in international finance is designed to give all students, regardless of their career goals, an enhanced understanding of financial management in a global context.

uTrack Requirements (for first-year students)

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect first-time, first-year, full-time, degree-seeking students entering Fall 2013.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration • Finance Major • Collateral Option


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1,2ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
3Intermediate Foreign Language * 3  
4MATH 123 *, MATH 141 *, or MATH 147 * 3-4  
3Natural Sciences Elective * 3-4  
3Social Sciences Elective * 3  
Term 2
CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247 * 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
1,2ENGL 102 * 3  
3Intermediate Foreign Language * 3  
4MATH 125 *, MATH 142 * or MATH 148 * 3-4  
3Natural Sciences Elective * 3-4  
Term 3
ACCT 200  or ACCT 207  3 ACCT 200 
3Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 ECON 201 *
ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * 4 MATH 125 * or MATH 141 *
ENGL 255 *, ENGL 257 *, or ENGL 295 * 3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
Term 4
3Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 CMST 210 * or CMST 240 *
BUAD 242  2 ENGL 255 * or ENGL 295 *
MGT 201  3 MATH 123 * or MATH 142 *
STAT 201 * or STAT 207 * 3 STAT 201 *
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
Term 5
ACCT 301  3 BUAD 242 
BUAD 331 , BUAD 332  4  
BUAD 341 , BUAD 342  4  
FINC 301  3  
5Unrestricted Elective 2  
Term 6
BUAD 353 , BUAD 361  6 2.5 cumulative GPA
Collateral 3 FINC 301 
FINC 425  3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
Term 7
BUAD 205  or ECON 305  or MGT 311  or PHIL 244 * or PHIL 252 * 3 BUAD 353 
BULW 301  2  
Collateral 3  
6Finance Electives 6  
Term 8
Collateral 3 No milestones
FINC 455  3  
MGT 402  3  
5Unrestricted Electives 6  
     
TOTAL 120  

Finance Collateral Options

ACCOUNTING – ACCT 321 ; and any one of ACCT 311 , INMT 341 , or ACCT 431  (increase Finance Electives by 3 hours).
BUSINESS ANALYTICS – STAT 320 , STAT 340 , STAT 474 .
ECONOMICS – ECON 312 , ECON 313 ; and either ECON 421  or ECON 482 .
ENTREPRENEURSHIP – MGT 331 , MGT 350 , MGT 451 .
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT – INMT 341 , INMT 342 , and either INMT 442  or INMT 443 .
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – Nine hours from IB 409 , IB 429 , IB 439 , IB 449 , IB 459 , IB 469 , IB 492 , BUAD 400  or MGT 472 ; and IB 489 .
MANAGEMENT – MGT 331 , MGT 430 , MGT 435 .
MARKETING – MARK 340 , MARK 350 , MARK 360 .
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – SCM 310 , and one of SCM 411 , SCM 412 , SCM 413 , SCM 421 .

* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1
Must be completed by the end of the First Year.
2
Students who complete ENGL 118 * with a grade of A or B will complete their English composition requirement by choosing ENGL 102 *, a sophomore-level course in the English department, or ENGL 355 *. If the sophomore-level English course appears on the Arts and Humanities list, the course may also be counted toward the Arts and Humanities requirement.
3
Chosen from the University General Education list .
4
MATH 125 * or MATH 141 * are prerequisites for STAT 201 *, which is taken during the second semester of the Second Year. As a result, either MATH 125 * or MATH 141 * must be completed by the end of the first semester of the Second Year.
5
Any courses not already required for the major.
6 Finance electives chosen from FINC 402 , FINC 435 , FINC 445 , FINC 463 , FINC 475 , FINC 485 , FINC 493 , FINC 495 ; IB 449 .