Undergraduate Program
Degree Requirements
Undergraduate students in the Department of Finance can major in finance or real estate. Many students combine these majors with other majors to broaden their business education and enhance their career marketability.
The undergraduate program provides complete information about undergraduate degree requirements, including comprehensive information about the curriculum.
Finance Major
Please note: You must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in finance major courses.
Required Courses
- F303 Intermediate Investments
- F305 Intermediate Corporate Finance
- A310 Management Decisions and Financial Reporting
- A324 Cost Accounting
Accounting Electives (Choose one)
- A327 Tax Analysis
- A329 Taxes and Decision Making
- A420 Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation
- A422 Advanced Financial Accounting
Finance Electives (Choose 12 credit hours, with at least 6 credit hours at the 400-level)
Corporate Finance Electives:
- F307 Working Capital Management
- F402 Corp Financial Strategy and Governance
- F408 Real Options and Strategic Capital Investment
Investments Electives:
- F335 Security Trading and Market Making
- F419 Behavioral Finance
- F420 Equity and Fixed Income Investments
- F421 Derivative Securities and Corporate Risk Management
International Finance Elective:
Banking Electives:
Entrepreneurial Elective:
Experimental Courses:
Permitted Substitutions
- Intermediate Accounting: You can substitute A311 and A312 for A310 and 3 credit hours of 400-level finance electives.
- Cost Accounting: You can substitute A325 for A324 and one accounting elective.
- Money, Banking, and Capital Markets: You can substitute ECON E305 for BUS G345.
Real Estate Major
Please note: You must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in finance-real estate major courses.
Required Courses
- F303 Intermediate Investments
- F305 Intermediate Corporate Finance
- A310 Intermediate Financial Accounting
- L408 Real Estate Law
- R305 Introduction to Real Estate Analysis
- R440 Real Estate Appraisals
- R443 Real Estate Finance and Investment Analysis
Electives (Choose 3 credit hours)
- A327 Tax Analysis
- A329 Taxes and Decision Making
- A420 Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation
- F307 Working Capital Management
- F317 Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance
- F335 Security Trading and Market Making
- F402 Corporate Financial Strategy and Governance
- F408 Real Options and Strategic Capital Investment
- F419 Behavioral Finance
- F420 Equity and Fixed Income Investments
- F421 Derivative Securities and Corporate Risk Management
- F446 Banking and Financial Intermediation
- F494 International Finance
- L409 Law and the Environment
