These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements

University Requirements

All new students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.

Note that students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.

College Requirements

Students must meet College Graduation Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration, including the requirements of the major listed below. Students must attain an overall GPA of 2.0 and a 2.0 GPA in the major to graduate as a Finance major.

Major Requirements

Students must follow the Major Requirements and College Requirements current at the time of declaration. Students not continuously enrolled who have not been approved for a Leave of Absence or study elsewhere must follow University, College, and Major requirements current at the time of re-enrollment.

Requirements of Finance Major

FIN 3504Intermediate Corporate Finance3
FIN 3507Security Analysis and Portfolio Management3
Select one of the following:3
FIN 4596
Seminar in Corporate Finance 1
FIN 4696
Seminar in Investment Analysis 1
Select three of the following:9
FIN 3505
Bank Enterprise Risk Management
FIN 3506
Derivatives and Financial Risk Management
FIN 3508
Fixed Income Modeling and Analysis
FIN 3509
Real Estate Investment and Finance 2
FIN 3512
Financial Modeling
FIN 3513
Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 3515
Financial Markets and Institutions for Business
FIN 3516
Corporate Valuation
FIN 3517
Financial Data Analysis
FIN 3518
Financial Technology
FIN 3519
Wealth Management 3
FIN 3526
Commercial Credit Essentials
FIN 3551
International Finance
FIN 3571
Owl Fund Seminar 4
FIN 3671
Advanced Owl Fund Seminar 4
Total Credit Hours18
1

This major capstone is taken in the final semester, and all prerequisites must be met.

2

FIN 3509 cannot be used to meet the Finance major requirements if already used to meet another major, minor, or certificate requirement.

3

FIN 3519 cannot be used to meet the Finance major requirements if already used to meet another major, minor, or certificate requirement. 

4

Requires permission of the instructor.