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

Recommended General Education Courses:

Courses listed below are recommended but not required.

EC 202 - Macroeconomic Principles [SCII] 4 Credits
FIN 224 - Personal Financial Management [INTT] 4 Credits
IS 116 - Cybersecurity Fundamentals [PERS] 4 Credits
MGT 121 - Introduction to Business [PERS] 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 Department approved courses from the following:

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

Other Required Courses 12 Credits

DATA 109 - Introduction to Statistics [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits
EC 201 - Microeconomic Principles 4 Credits
MA 111 - College Algebra [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits or
MA 113 - Finite Mathematics [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits or
MA 115 - Precalculus [QUAR] [MATH] 4 Credits or
Proctored math placement score of MA 115 or above**

Notes:

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

**Students who meet this requirement through the proctored math placement test can work with their adviser to attain a credit waiver for the missing 4 credits.