Financial Management Major

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The financial management major provides students with basic competency in the functional area of financial management. The program provides students with an educational foundation that is needed to prepare for professional exams and national licenses in financial analysis, insurance, banking, and other financial areas. This major combines the applications of analytical skills to the problems facing financial managers, financial institutions, individual investors while developing an understanding of the risks and rewards of the world’s financial markets. This program leads to careers in business, deposit and commercial banking, investment banking, securities markets, financial planning and entrepreneurship.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Business, College of department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/financial-analysts.htm

Total Credits Required 120 Credits

General Education 30-40 Credits

Required General Education Courses:

DATA 109 - Introduction to Statistics [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits
MA 113 - Finite Mathematics [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits
PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychological Science [SCII] [LAB] 4 Credits
SO 101 - Introductory Sociology [PERS] 4 Credits or
SO 113 - Social Problems [PERS] 4 Credits

Business Core 32 Credits*

ACT 230 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4 Credits
ACT 240 - Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting 4 Credits
FIN 351 - Financial Management I 4 Credits
MGT 221 - Legal Environment of Business 4 Credits
MGT 240 - Organizational Behavior and Management 4 Credits
MGT 325 - Operations Management 4 Credits
MGT 344 - Managerial Communication 4 Credits
MKT 230 - Introduction to Marketing 4 Credits

Financial Management Major 36 Credits

CIS 222 - Quantitative Business Problem Solving 4 Credits
FIN 352 - Financial Management II 4 Credits
FIN 354 - Money and Capital Markets 4 Credits
FIN 462 - Investment Analysis 4 Credits
MGT 436 - Strategic Management 4 Credits
Electives 16 Credits

Choose four adviser approved courses from the following:

ACT, CIS, EC, FIN, MA, MGT, MKT prefixed courses

Other Required Courses 8 Credits

EC 201 - Microeconomic Principles 4 Credits
EC 202 - Macroeconomic Principles [SCII] 4 Credits

Notes:

*Courses in Business Core cannot be double counted toward another major or minor.

This major does not require a minor.