BS Degree Check Sheet

Finance Major – Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree

Requirement Check List

Sixteen courses are required for the Finance major with Economics track.

 

Four Foundational Courses

  • MATH 111 Calculus I
  • MATH 112 Calculus II
  • One from:
    • MATH 211 Calculus III
    • MATH 212 Linear Algebra
    • MATH 225 Differential Equations
  • One from:
    • CS107 Introduction to Scientific Computation OR
    • DS256 Data Science Programming

Computer Science majors or minors may substitute CS 111 Computer Science I

 

Five Core Courses:

  • ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • MGT 155 Accounting for Management Decisions
  • One Statistics Course:
    • ECON 241 Introductory Economic & Business Statistics OR
    • MGT 235 Statistical Methods
      Students should not take if they have taken MATH 107, PSYCH 205 or BIO 260
  • ECON 267 Finance

Two Economics Track Required Courses:

  • Choose one from:
    • ECON 243 Intermediate Macroeconomics
    • ECON 245 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECON 3XX Financial Econometrics

Four Economics Track Electives:

  • Choose one Economics elective from:
    • ECON 262 Monetary Policy
    • ECON 265 Financial Regulation Policy
    • ECON 303 Money and Financial Intermediaries
    • ECON 309 International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • ECON 352 Advanced Econometrics
    • ECON 367 Applied Finance
    • ECON 3XX History of Finance
  • Choose one Finance Elective (Examples: Financial Management, Financial Technology, Risk Management, Securities Pricing, Derivatives, Real Estate Finance)
  • Choose two Quantitative Finance electives (Examples: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Finance, Financial Modeling, Data Science for Finance)

One Capstone Experience:

  • ECON 4XX Finance Capstone