Undergraduate

Curriculum

Finance Major Requirements¹

All course work with the exception of FINA 399, must be taken for a grade (no Pass/No Pass).
The requirements for the major (Module 5), in addition to the general College requirements, includes 21 hours of credit. While introductory Finance (FINA 361) can be taken in the sophomore year, the major courses are normally completed during the junior and senior year. CBA students are also expected to have completed the following general college requirements before enrolling in the major course work: Module 0, Module 1 (Area A and B), Module 2 (Area A), and all Module 3 course work.

Finance majors must complete the following 12 hours of departmental course work:

• FINA 338. Principles of Corporate Risk Management
• FINA 363. Investment Principles
• FINA 365. Financial Institutions & Markets
• FINA 461. Advanced Finance

Two departmental elective courses, from the list below, must also be completed:

• FINA 307. Principles of Individual Risk Management & Insurance
• FINA 382. Real Estate Principles & Practice
• FINA 401. Quantitative Financial Analysis
• FINA 412. Life & Health Insurance
• FINA 429². Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Business
• FINA 438. Enterprise Risk Management
• FINA 450. International Financial Management
• FINA 467. Options Future & Derivative Securities
• FINA 475. Strategic Financial Management
• FINA 482. Real Estate Finance

One non-departmental elective from the list below must also be completed:

• ACCT 308. Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 313. Intermediate Accounting
• ECON 311. Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 312. Intermediate Microeconomics

¹A maximum of three finance IS courses (from 450, 461, 463, 465) may be used to fulfill the IBCR.

²Three hours of FINA 429 may be used for the student majoring in finance. The other 3 hours may be used only in Module 6 or 8.