Curriculum
The finance major includes 60 total credits, regardless of the concentration chosen. No additional credits are required unless specific courses are chosen from the elective options, which may have additional requirements or may need to be taken in a particular required sequence.
Common courses required for all three finance major concentrations (24 credits):
- ACFN 111 Principles of Accounting 1
- ACFN 310 Fundamentals of Finance
- ACFN 315 Theory of Investments or ACFN 333 Financial Modeling and Analysis
- ECON 111 Introduction to Economics
- ECON 332 Microeconomic Theory or ECON 333 Macroeconomic Theory
- MATH 119 Calculus 1
Business Finance Concentration
- ACFN 112 Principles of Accounting 2
- ACFN 210 Business Communication (2 credits)
- ACFN 315 Theory of Investments or ACFN 333 Financial Modeling and Analysis (the one not taken in the common courses section above
- ACFN 325 Intermediate Accounting 1
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course (There are four choices. One is offered each semester.)
- ACFN 395 Finance Capstone
- ECON 334 Introductory Econometric Analysis
- MATH 124 Probability and Statistical Inference or MATH 345 Mathematical Statistics
- Six (6) credits from the following choices
- ACFN 335 Business Law (2 credits)
- ACFN 340 Accounting Information Systems
- ACFN 341 Introduction to Income Taxes (2 credits)
- ACFN 342 Advanced Individual Income Taxes (2 credits)
- ACFN 343 Business Taxation Topics (2 credits) o ACFN 344 Tax Research & Communication (2 credits)
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course (in addition to the required one above)
- ACFN 397 Finance Internship (maximum of 2-credits allowed toward major)
- ECON 3xx Any 300-level Economics course
- GBUS 202 Principles of Global Business
Business Finance Sample 4-year Plan
Financial Economics Concentration (36 credits)
- ACFN 112 Principles of Accounting 2
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course
- ECON 332 Microeconomic Theory or ECON 333 Macroeconomic Theory (the one not taken in the common courses section above)
- ECON 334 Introductory Econometric Analysis
- ECON 384 Advanced Research in Economics
- Two (2) additional courses numbered ECON 350
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course
- MATH 124 Probability and Statistical Inference or MATH 345 Mathematical Statistics
- Four (4) credits from the following choices:
- ACFN 315 Theory of Investments or ACFN 333 Financial Modeling and Analysis (the one not taken in the common courses section above)
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course (in addition to the required one above)
- Mathematical Finance course (in development)
- ECON 3xx Any 300-level Economics course
Financial Economics Sample 4-year Plan
Mathematical Finance Concentration (36 credits)
- ACFN 36x Advanced finance course
- CSCI 150 Introduction to the Science of Computing
- MATH 120 Calculus 2
- MATH 239 Linear Algebra
- MATH 315 Operations Research or MATH 339 Mathematical Modeling
- MATH 345 Mathematical Statistics I
- Mathematical Finance course (in development)
- Four (4) credits from the following (Group 1) choices:
- ACFN 315 Theory of Investments or ACFN 333 Financial Modeling and Analysis (the one not taken in the common courses section above)
- MATH 318 Applied Statistics Models
- ECON 334 Introductory Econometric Analysis
- ECON 350 Topics in Econometric/Data Analysis
- Four (4) credits from the following (Group 2) choices:
- MATH 305 Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 315 Operations Research or MATH 339 Mathematical Modeling (the one not chosen as a required course in the mathematical finance required course list)
- MATH 337 Differential Equations
- MATH 338 Numerical Analysis
Mathematical Finance Sample 4-year Plan
Finance Minor (24 credits)
- ACFN 111 Principles I
- ACFN 310 Fundamentals of Managerial Finance
- ECON 111 Introduction to Economics
- MATH 119 Calculus I
- 8 credits from the following:
- ACFN 312 Financial Modeling & Analysis
- ACFN 315 Theory of Investments
- ACFN 36@ Advanced Finance Course
- One course ECON 314 to Econ 333