Requirements for the Finance Major

Thirty-three (60) credits, to include: 12 required prerequisites credits, 30 common core credits, 18 electives

Prerequisites:

  • BLAW 201 – Legal Environment of Business (3)
  • STAT 180 – Introduction to Statistics 1 (3)
  • ECON 201B – Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • ECON 202B – Principles of Microeconomics (3)

* 1 can be replaced by either Introductory Econometrics (ECON 361A) or Introductory Statistics for Psychology (PSYCH 261A)

Common Core:

  • ACCT 101 – Principles of Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 102 – Principles of Accounting II (3)
  • MIST 201 – Management Information Systems and Applications (3)
  • BUAD 350 – Business Communication (3)
  • DSCI 352 – Analytics I: Predictive Models (3)
  • DSCI 353 – Analytics II: Optimization Models (3)
  • FINC 301 – Principles of Finance (3)
  • MGMT 301 – Principles of Management (3)
  • MGMT 490 – Strategic Management (3)
  • MKTG 301 – Principles of Marketing (3)

Electives:

  • ECON 321 – Money And Banking (3)
  • FINC 401 – Advanced Corporate Finance (3)
  • FINC 430 – Financial Modeling (3)

Select three of the following following

  • ECON 322A – Investment Analysis (3)
  • ECON 361A – Introductory Econometrics (3)
  • ECON 382 – International Trade (3)
  • ECON 386 – International Finance (3)
  • FINC 320 – Personal Finance (3)
  • FINC 411 – Student Managed Investment Fund I (3)
  • FINC 412 – Student Managed Investment Fund II (3)
  • FINC 471 – Seminars in Finance (3)
  • FINC 491 – Individual Study in Finance (3)
  • FINC 499 – Finance Internship (3)

Effective as of FALL 2025, please contact your advisor or department chair for more information.