Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Finance B.S.

Degree Requirements

Core IMPACTS Requirements

Satisfactorily complete each of the Core IMPACTS general education requirements, as listed in the Core IMPACTS section of this catalog. 

Total Credit Hours:42

 

Field of Study Requirements

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses, which serve as prerequisites or preparatory work for your major classes. Some courses may also be used to fulfill Core IMPACTS requirements. Students who use these courses to fulfill both requirements will have more hours of general electives.

Total Credit Hours:18

 

Area F

Satisfactorily complete all of the following courses.  If any of these courses were used to complete Areas A2, D, or E, the student may take any 1000-4000 level course to replace the total hours required in Area F.

ACCT 2101Accounting Principles I

3

ACCT 2102Accounting Principles II

3

ECON 2105Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Principles of Microeconomics

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

4

MATH 1401Elementary Statistics

3

 

Computer Science

Satisfactorily complete one of the following courses:
CBIS 2220Principles of Info Systems

3

CSCI 1000Intro to Computer Sci & Appl

3

CSCI 1301Computer Science I

3

Major Requirements

Required Finance Courses

Satisfactorily complete the following courses:
MGMT 3101Applied Business Statistics

3

FINC 3100Personal Finance

3

FINC 3131Business Finance I

3

FINC 3132Business Finance II

3

FINC 3240International Finance

3

FINC 3820Money & Banking

3

FINC 3830Fin Markets & Institutions

3

FINC 4101Investment Analysis

3

Total Credit Hours:24

Elective Finance Courses

Satisfactorily complete nine hours from the following courses:
FINC 4201Financial Mgmt and Programming

3

FINC 4330Applied Forecasting Bus & Econ

3

FINC 4505Special Topics

3

FINC 4605Internship &/or Coop Education

1 - 6

FINC 4805Independent Study

1 - 3

FTA 3810Payment Processing

3

FTA 4001Foundations of FinTech

3

FTA 4003Commercial Banking & FinTech

3

Total Credit Hours:9

 

Optional Concentrations

Financial Analysis

FINC 4201Financial Mgmt and Programming

3

FINC 4330Applied Forecasting Bus & Econ

3

And three courses from:

MATH 1262Calculus II

4

MATH 2150Linear Algebra

3

ECON 4320Introductory Math Economics

3

ECON 4340Introductory Econometrics

3

ECON 4990Senior Seminar in Economics

3

MGMT 3175Business Analytics

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Financial Technology

Satisfactorily complete the following courses:
FINC 4201Financial Mgmt and Programming

3

FINC 4330Applied Forecasting Bus & Econ

3

And four courses from:

FTA 3810Payment Processing

3

FTA 4001Foundations of FinTech

3

FTA 4003Commercial Banking & FinTech

3

CBIS 4120Bus Intelligence & Analytics

3

CSCI 2351Python Programming

3

CSCI 3410Intro to Data Structures

3

CSCI 3710Data Mining

3

CSCI 4711Machine Learning

3

CSCI 4712Big Data Analysis

3

CSCI 4820Artificial Intelligence

3

ECON 4340Introductory Econometrics

3

Total Credit Hours:18
Note: A maximum of (6) hours from FTA courses

Electives

Students are encouraged to complete an optional concentration to satisfy elective hours.

Total Credit Hours:11-27