Major in Finance

Finance Curriculum

Term I

HASS 103Writing and Communications Colloquium

3

MA 117Calculus for Business and Liberal Arts

4

BT 100Principles of Management

3

BT 244Microeconomics

3

MIS 201Fundamentals of Information Systems

4

PRV 101First Year Experience

1

Term II

HASS 105Knowledge, Nature, Culture

3

MA 119Multivariate Calculus and Finite Mathematics

3

ACC 200Principles of Financial Accounting

3

BT 243Macroeconomics

3

MIS 110Creative Problem Solving in Computing

3

BT 290Business Career Seminar

0

Term III

BT 221Statistics

3

BT 223Applied Models and Simulation

3

BT 321Corporate Finance

3

BT 350Marketing

3

Science Requirement

3

Term IV

ACC 215Managerial Accounting

3

BT 301Strategy

3

MGT 300Business Communications

3

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

Or

BT 416Business Process Management

4

Or

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Or

BT 466Data Analytics

3

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

PRV 20XFrontiers of Technology

1

Term V

BT 426Equity Valuation

3

BT 440Money, Banking and Financial Institutions

3

QF 103Introduction to Financial Tools and Technology

1

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

Or

BT 416Business Process Management

4

Or

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

Or

BT 466Data Analytics

3

Technology Elective

3

BT 372Entrepreneurship

3

BT 330Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior

3

Term VI

Humanities Requirement 100-200 Level

3

Humanities Requirement 300-400 Level

3

BT 442Fixed Income Analysis

3

BT 425Portfolio Management

3

Technology Elective

3

General Elective

3

Term VII

QF 430Introduction to Derivatives

3

ISE 350Logistics and Supply Chain Management

3

BT 401Advanced Strategy

3

MGT 411Senior Design I

3

General Elective

3

Term VIII

BT 325Financial Statement Analysis

3

Or

FIN 510Financial Statement Analysis

3

Finance Elective

3

BT 413Business Law

3

MGT 412Senior Design II

3

General Elective

3

Note:

SUCCESS Core Curriculum: Students must complete requirements including PRV 101, and three (3) courses from PRV 201PRV 202PRV 203PRV 204PRV 205.

HASS 103, HASS 105, Humanities Requirement 300-400 Level, and Humanities Requirement 100-200 Level: In addition to HASS 103 and HASS 105, students must also take two more humanity courses. One must be at the 100/200 level and the other at the 300/400 level. 

The Science Requirement must be chosen from the following courses: CE 240, CH 115, CH 116, BIO 181, PEP 151, PEP 123 OR PEP 111, PEP 124 OR PEP 112, BIO 101, EN 250, or NANO 200.

The IS Requirement must be chosen from the following courses: BT 421, BT 416, MIS 460, or BT 466.

Choose from an approved list of Technology Electives listed below.

Choose from an approved list of Finance Electives listed below.

MIS 110: Students with computer science experience can take the more challenging course CS 115, all others are advised to take MIS 110.

Finance Major Electives

Course Options:

BT 343Intermediate Macroeconomics

3

BT 344Intermediate Microeconomics

3

BT 436Game Theory

3

BT 454International Economics and Finance

3

QF 200Financial Econometrics

3

QF 202Financial Time Series

3

QF 301Advanced Time Series Analytics and Machine Learning

3

QF 302Financial Market Microstructure and Trading

3

QF 427Investment Practicum I

4

Or

QF 428Investment Practicum II

4

MGT 451Computational Models of Thought and Behavior

3

FIN 420A Survey of Topics in Financial Technology

3

FIN 540Sustainable Finance

3

Note: Graduate courses may apply

Technology Electives

BT 310Programming for Mobile Applications

3

BT 333Database Management

3

BT 353Project Management

3

BT 416Business Process Management

4

BT 421Systems Analysis and Design

3

BT 435Social Media and Network Analysis

3

BT 466Data Analytics

3

MGT 451Computational Models of Thought and Behavior

3

MIS 460IT Strategy: Strategic Issues in IT Management

3

CS 115Introduction to Computer Science

4

CS 135Discrete Structures

4

CS 146Introduction to Web Programming and Project Development

3

CS 284Data Structures

4

CS 385Algorithms

4

CH 115General Chemistry I

3

CH 116General Chemistry II

3

CH 118General Chemistry Laboratory II

1

BIO 181Biology and Biotechnology

3

BIO 291Cell and Molecular Biology

4

BIO 382Biological Systems

4

BIO 484Genetics

4

BME 306Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

3

ENGR 580Sustainable Energy

3

ME 514Sustainable Energy

3

EN 530Introduction to Sustainable Engineering

3

EN 541Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants

3

EN 570Environmental Chemistry

3

EN 575Environmental Biology

3

MIS 401Deep Learning and Large Language Models for Business Analytics

3

BIA 568Management of AI Technologies

3

Courses cannot be double counted towards other requirements on your study plan (e.g. IS requirements, General Electives).

Please check the course catalog for a list of pre-requisites for classes to see if you meet the requirements.