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Finance

Business Administration - Finance Option

Department of Accounting and Finance

124 South Hall
(715) 425-3335
www.uwrf.edu/cbe/

Reza Rahgozar-Chair, Charles Corcoran, Dawn Hukai, June Li, Carl Popelka, Megan Sun, Mary Tichich, Ellen Schultz-Academic Adviser.

The vision of the College of Business and Economics is to be the regional leader in the acquisition, application, and transfer of business and economic knowledge. Consistent with this vision, the college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.

The finance curriculum is designed to prepare students for successful careers in corporate finance, financial institutions and services, and for graduate study. For example, finance graduates secure jobs in banking, insurance, real estate, the investment industry, financial planning, and risk management.

General Education Requirements

Admission Requirements

1. For all majors in the College of Business and Economics (CBE):
Completion of at least 27 required general education credits with a minimum GPA of 2.25.

2. Additionally, the following must be completed, or in progress for completion, during the semester preceding admission:
GPA of 2.50 in ACCT 231, ACCT 232; CBE 100; ECON 201, ECON 202; CSIS 215; ECON 205 or MATH 156 or MATH 166; ECON 226 or MATH 226; CSTA 116 or ENGL 266.

Business Administration-Finance Option

Lower Division 21 cr.
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ACCT 231 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 232 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr.
CSIS 215 Information Systems for Business Management 3 cr.
ECON 226 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr.
or MATH 226 Fundamentals of Statistics
BLAW 265 Business Law I 3 cr.

Upper Division 18 cr.
MNGT 300 Management and Organizational Behavior 3 cr.
MKTG 310 Principles of Marketing 3 cr.
FINC 345 Managerial Finance 3 cr.
ECON 326 Statistical Methods for Economics and Business 3 cr.
MNGT 361 Operations Management 3 cr.
MNGT 485 Strategic Management 3 cr.

Finance Option: 24 cr.
Required Finance Courses 9 cr. hrs.
FINC 347 Financial Institutions 3 cr.
FINC 348 Investments 3 cr.
FINC 446 Intermediate Managerial Finance 3 cr.

Finance Electives: 6 cr.
Choose from:
FINC 314 Principles of Insurance 3 cr.
FINC 350 Real Estate 3 cr.
FINC 355 Multinational Financial Management 3 cr.
FINC 360 Financial Derivatives 3 cr.
FINC 389 Special Topics in Finance .5-3 cr.
FINC 448 Portfolio Management 3 cr.

Support Electives: 9 cr.
Choose from:
Any ACCT, MNGT, and MKTG courses 300 level and higher (not MKTG 311)
ECON 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 305 Money and Banking 3 cr.
ECON 342 International Finance 3 cr.
FINC 379 Internship-Finance 3 cr.

Required Supporting Courses: 7-8 cr.
A. CBE 100 Orientation to CBE 0.5 cr.
CBE 300 Professional Development 0.5 cr.
B. CSTA 116 Business and Professional Communication 3 cr.
(waived if taken as Gen Ed)
or ENGL 266 Business Writing 3 cr.
C. ECON 205 Quantitative Analysis 3 cr.
or MATH 156 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences 3 cr.
or MATH 166 Calculus I 4 cr.

General Electives 12-18 cr. hrs. to reach 120 credits (minimum to graduate)

Updated June 2009

 

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