Financial Economics, B.S.

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Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Financial Economics

Complete a total of 121 credit hours of coursework for graduation.

General Education Core - 41 credit hours
Business Core - 50 credit hours
Major Requirements - 30 credit hours

Business Core

ACC 211 - Principles of Accounting I 3 cr.
ACC 212 - Principles of Accounting II 3 cr.
BM 211 - Principles of Management 3 cr.
BM 318 - Management Information Systems 3 cr.
BM 323 - Business Law I 3 cr.
BM 343 - Business and Professional Communications 3 cr.
BM 401 - Leadership in Ethical Decision-Making 3 cr.
BM 438 - Operations Management 3 cr.
BM 460 - Strategic Management 3 cr.
BM 490 - Research in Business I 1 cr.
BM 491 - Research in Business II 1 cr.
ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECO 240 - Calculus for Economics and Business 3 cr.
ECO 306 - Economic and Business Statistics 3 cr.
FIN 203 - Principles of Finance 3 cr.
MKT 213 - Principles of Marketing 3 cr.
STA 205 - Foundation of Statistics 3 cr.
Global Business Elective: 3 cr.

Major Requirements

BM 300 - Internship 3 cr.
ECO 302 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECO 303 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECO 305 - Money and Banking 3 cr.
ECO 341 - Basic Econometrics 3 cr.
FIN 304 - Corporate Finance 3 cr.
FIN 415 - Investment 3 cr.
FIN 460 - Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Strategies 3 cr.
Business Elective: 6 cr.

Financial Economics Curriculum

First Year

First Semester

ENG 111 - Expository Writing 3 cr. ♦
FFR 121 - Elementary French I 3 cr. ♦ or
FSP 121 - Elementary Spanish I 3 cr. ♦
FYS 101 - First Year Seminar I 1 cr. / Service Learning ♦ *
MAT 122 - Precalculus 3 cr. ♦
UCO 101 - University Convocation I 0 cr. ♦
Natural Sciences Elective & Laboratory 4 cr. ♦

Total: 14

Second Semester

ECO 240 - Calculus for Economics and Business 3 cr.
ENG 112 - Argument and Research 3 cr. ♦
FFR 122 - Elementary French II 3 cr. ♦ or
FSP 122 - Elementary Spanish II 3 cr. ♦
FYS 102 - First Year Seminar II 1 cr. / Service Learning ♦ *
UCO 102 - University Convocation II 0 cr. ♦
Physical Education Activity Elective 2 cr. ♦
Social Sciences Elective 3 cr. ♦

Total: 15

Second Year

First Semester

ACC 211 - Principles of Accounting I 3 cr.
BM 211 - Principles of Management 3 cr.
ECO 203 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr. ♦
ENG 201 - Readings in World Literature I 3 cr. ♦ or
ENG 202 - Readings in World Literature II 3 cr. ♦
Social Sciences Elective 3 cr. ♦

Total: 15

Second Semester

ACC 212 - Principles of Accounting II 3 cr.
AWS 100 - Survey of the African World 3 cr. ♦ or
REL 208 - The Black Church in the U.S. 3 cr. ♦
ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ENG 199 - Writing Proficiency Examination 0 cr. ***
STA 205 - Foundation of Statistics 3 cr.
Humanities Elective 3 cr. ♦

Total: 15

Third Year

First Semester

BM 300 - Internship 3 cr.
BM 318 - Management Information Systems 3 cr.
ECO 302 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECO 305 - Money and Banking 3 cr.
ECO 306 - Economic and Business Statistics 3 cr.
MKT 213 - Principles of Marketing 3 cr.

Total: 18

Second Semester

BM 323 - Business Law I 3 cr.
BM 343 - Business and Professional Communications 3 cr.
ECO 303 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECO 341 - Basic Econometrics 3 cr.
FIN 203 - Principles of Finance 3 cr.
Business Elective 3 cr.

Total: 18

Fourth Year

First Semester

BM 438 - Operations Management 3 cr.
BM 490 - Research in Business I 1 cr.
BM 499C - Senior Comprehensive Examination 0 cr.
FIN 304 - Corporate Finance 3 cr.
FIN 415 - Investment 3 cr.
FIN 460 - Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Strategies 3 cr.

Total: 13

Second Semester

BM 401 - Leadership in Ethical Decision-Making 3 cr.
BM 460 - Strategic Management 3 cr.
BM 491 - Research in Business II 1 cr.
BM 499C - Senior Comprehensive Examination 0 cr. (Retake)
Business Elective 3 cr.
Global Business Elective 3 cr. ****

Total: 13

Total Required Hours: 121

*Service Learning: Students will earn a total of 30 service learning hours after successful completion of FYS 101 & FYS 102 .

**Community Service: Students must contact the Center for Career and Professional Development for pre-approved community service project to earn a total of 90 hours of community service by the end of their junior year.

***Writing Proficiency Examination: Students must complete ENG 111 and ENG 112 with a minimum grade of ‘C’ to register for ENG 199 - Writing Proficiency Examination . Students who fail to take or do not pass ENG 199 must take ENG 200 - Review of Writing Strategies (3 credit hours).

****Take any designated Business Administration and/or Financial Economics 300/400 global business elective course.

With approval, CS 318 - Management Information Systems may be taken as a substitute for BM 318 - Management Information Systems .

Note

♦ General Education Core