Recommended Academies: Consulting, Capital Markets or Strategic Finance

• Major requirements: Select 15 credit hours total, including your “outside” courses. Both required courses must be completed.
• Major electives: Select at least six elective courses.
• Outside courses: Select any two additional courses from the MBA Program outside of the finance major. The following general graduation requirement courses do not qualify as outside courses: A548, L507, X504, X505, X507, X515, X516, and X517.
• Minor requirements: A total of at least six credit hours are required. At least one of the two required courses must be completed.
• Minor electives: If one required course is completed, pick three courses from the list of electives; if two required courses are completed, pick two courses from the list of electives.

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Finance Major Requirements (15 credit hours)

You must have 15 credit hours total including General Elective/Outside Courses. 

Given this structure the requirements for the major are as follows:

Major Electives (9 credit hours)

Select at least 6 courses from the list below.

General Electives/Outside Courses (3 credit hours)

Must have 3 credit hours outside the finance major. The following general graduation requirement courses do not qualify as "Outside Courses": A548, L507, X504, X505, X507, X515, X516, and X517.

Courses that do not count toward the finance major/minor include: 

Note: F579 Topic: Asset Valuation & Strategy may count as F520 requirement (1.5 credit hours) as long as F520 is not taken. If F520 is also completed, F579 Topic: Asset Valuation & Strategy will not count as a finance elective.

Finance Minor Requirements (6 credit hours)

A total of at least 6 credit hours are required.

Minor Required Courses (1.5 credit hours)

Select either course from the list below. Both courses may be selected.

Minor Electives (3 to 4.5 credit hours)

Select 2 to 3 courses from the list below. If both courses selected above, only 2 more courses from Minor Electives are necessary.

Note: F579 Topic: Asset Valuation & Strategy may count as F520 requirement (1.5 credit hours) as long as F520 is not taken. If F-520 is also completed, F-579 Topic: Asset Valuation & Strategy will not count as a Finance elective.