UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Financial Management Major
Program Chair, Bruce Campbell, Ph.D. Curriculum Development Team: Bruce Campbell, Ph.D. Yi Yang, Ph.D., Instructional Designer
Financial Management is a broad, interdisciplinary profession which combines concepts, analytical tools and information resources from a number of other disciplines, including accounting, economics and information management. The Financial Management major is designed to prepare students for careers in: • Business financial management (large and small firms) • Investment management • International finance • Te financial services industry (banking, insurance and securities)
The Financial Management Major also provides an excellent foundation for students interested in pursuing graduate study in business and law.
The educational outcomes of the Financial Management Major are to enable graduates to: • Relate financial decision making to the environment in which this decision making takes place;
• Ethically manage the finances of a corporation in the pursuit of owner objectives;
• Appraise the various investments available and explain the process of portfolio management;
• Design finance models using technology; • Provide financial advice by synthesizing and integrating financial concepts;
• Have the communication skills to develop text and speech which are rhetorically appropriate for the finance discipline; and
• Demonstrate information literacy; the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.
The Financial Management Major requires 28 hours, which are divided between required major and elective major courses. Each student must complete 20 hours of required major courses and 8 hours of elective major courses. Students can use elective major courses to tailor their Financial Management Major to particular professional or personal objectives.
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE (A.S.)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (64 SEMESTER HOURS) FUNDAMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (24 HOURS)*
*All courses must be at the 100 or 200 level *All courses must be at the 100 or 200 level
Minimum of three semester hours of English Composition (if the course does not have a research paper component, COMM 130 Research Paper, two semester credits, is also required) Choose COMM 120 College Writing.
Minimum of three semester hours of English Composition (if the course does not have a research paper component, COMM 130 Research Paper, two semester credits, is also required) Choose COMM 120 College Writing.
Minimum of three semester hours of Mathematics (at least one mathematics or statistics course beyond the level of intermediate algebra) Choose from MATH 160 College Algebra, MATH 180 Applied Calculus, MATH 210 Finite Mathematics, MATH 220 Business Calculus, or MATH 215 Statistical Concepts.
Minimum of six semester hours of Sciences (two science courses, with one having a laboratory component) Choose from the Science discipline.
Minimum of six semester hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences (which must be in at least two different disciplines) Choose from the Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, and Sociology disciplines.
Minimum of six semester hours of Arts and Humanities Choose from the Humanities discipline.
ADDITIONAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (16 HOURS)
COMP 106 - Introduction to Spreadsheets (1) COMP 108 - Introduction to Databases (1) ECON 220* - Introduction to Macroeconomics (4) HUMN 305 - Global Issues (4) PF 321 - Learning Strategies (2) SPCH 100 - Speech Communication (4) OR COMM 150 - Interpersonal Communication (4)
*Select another Social Science elective if ECON 220 is used in the Fundamental General Education Core.
BUSINESS CORE (12 HOURS)
ACCT 215 - Financial Accounting (4) ACCT 225 - Managerial Accounting (4) ECON 210 - Introduction to Microeconomics (4)
MAJOR AREA (12 HOURS)
FINA 301 - Principles of Finance (4) FINA 340 - Money, Banking and Financial Markets (4) FINA 405 - Investments (4)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (124 SEMESTER HOURS) FUNDAMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (24 HOURS)*
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