Finance Major

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The mission of the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics is to provide a quality education in accounting, finance, and economics, and to provide research and service.

The minimum number of hours required for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance is 123 semester hours. The distribution is shown below.

Semester Hours
Basic Curriculum		41
COB Additional Basic Curriculum		7
Business Professional Component		39-40
Major		30
*Free Elective(s)		3-7
TOTAL		123

The total number of hours required for graduation is 123; the number of elective hours may vary.

* UWA 101 is required for beginning freshmen at UWA and for transfer students who transfer fewer than 20 hours.

V. Other Core Requirements

A. Three semester hours from the following:

(If not already taken as part of the Basic Curriculum)

MH 121. Calculus I Credits: 4
MH 266. Business Calculus Credits: 3

B. Six semester hours from the following:

(If not already taken as part of the Basic Curriculum)

EC 201. Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
EC 202. Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3

C. Six semester hours from the following:

BQ 271. Business Statistics Credits: 3
CET 205. Microcomputer Applications Credits: 3

D. One semester hour from the following:

*Required for beginning freshmen at UWA and for transfer students who transfer fewer than 20 hours.

UWA 101. Freshman Seminar Credits: 1

Finance Major Degree Component

Required Courses: 24 hours

BA 385. Principles of Real Estate Credits: 3
FI 305. Personal Financial Planning Credits: 3
FI 310. Managerial Finance Credits: 3
FI 340. Equity Investments Credits: 3
FI 380. Computerized Financial Modeling with VBA Credits: 3
FI 415. Money and Banking Credits: 3
FI 420. Asset Pricing and Portfolio Analysis Credits: 3
FI 450. International Financial Statement Analysis Credits: 3

Select six (6) hours from the following:

AC 311. Intermediate Accounting I Credits: 3
AC 312. Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 3
AC 321. Cost Accounting Credits: 3
AC 331. Federal Income Tax I Credits: 3
AC 332. Federal Income Tax II Credits: 3
BA 363. Advanced Business Law Credits: 3
CET 300. Programming I Credits: 3
CET 301. Programming II Credits: 3
CET 320. Visual Basic Credits: 3
EC 400. Mathematical Economics and Econometric Analysis Credits: 3
EC 401. Advanced Microeconomic Analysis Credits: 3
EC 402. Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis Credits: 3
EC 410. Time Series Econometrics Credits: 3
EC 420. Introduction to Machine Learning Credits: 3
EC 450. International Trade Credits: 3
EC 480. Real Analysis for Economists Credits: 3
FI 351. Fundamentals of Risk Management and Insurance Credits: 3
FI 407. Independent Study in Finance Credits: 1-3
FI 410. Monetary Theory and Policy Credits: 3
FI 420. Asset Pricing and Portfolio Analysis Credits: 3
FI 440. Management of Financial Institutions Credits: 3
FI 451. International Finance Credits: 3
FI 460. Finance Internship Credits: 3
FI 481. Partial Differential Equations with Option Pricing Credits: 3
MH 441. Mathematical Statistics Credits: 3