Program Requirements

Hours: 60-61

Business Core - 42-43 Hours

ACC 213 Principles of Accounting I - Financial (3)
ACC 214 Principles of Accounting II - Managerial (3)
BUS 210 Business Law I (3)
BUS 240 Research Methods for Business Decision Making (3)
BUS 352 Business Communications I (3)
BUS 498 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (3)
ECO 211 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
ECO 212 Principles of Microeconomics (3) CEP
FIN 300 Corporate Finance (3)

ETH:PHI 397 Ethical Conduct of Business (3) CE
or
ETH:REL 251 Business Ethics (3) CE

MGL 300 Management/Org Behavior (3)
MKT 300 Principles of Marketing (3)
MTH 174 Statistics I (3) CMA

MTH 180 Math for Business (3) CMA
or
MTH 193 Calculus I (4) CMA

Major Courses - 18

ECO 311 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)
ECO 312 Intermediate Microeconomics (3)
ECO 360 Money and Banking (3)
FIN 410 Fundamentals of Investing (3)
ECO 450 International Economics and Finance (3)
FIN 453 Current Topics in Finance (3)

Residency requirement: 12 credits of upper division major courses (300 and 400 level courses that are not part of the Business Core)

Program Outcomes

Graduates with a major in financial economics will:

  • Be able to analyze business situations and make creative, logical, and ethical decisions.
  • Be skilled users of technologies as used in business.
  • Communicate effectively in business situations.
  • Have a current and broad-based knowledge of business.
  • Apply awareness of global and social issues in the business environment.
  • Demonstrate a strong foundation in economic theory, concepts, and principles as applied to financial markets, banks, and other financial institutions.
  • Apply tools and models of contemporary financial economics as practiced by financial analysts and financial advisors.
  • Describe how producers, consumers, and governments interact to drive financial markets and economies.
  • Assess critically ethical issues in the realm of financial markets.