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College of Business Administration - Curriculum Guide

Finance and Insurance

The role of people trained in finance and insurance is expanding rapidly within the business world. Changes on the financial scene‹rising securities prices, fluctuating inflation and interest rates, and scarcity of capital‹have created an awareness that financial knowledge is essential to the effective management of business firms.

Finance is the management and investment of money and other assets for business, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, governments, and individuals.

The program draws on accounting principles, economic theory, and quantitative methods to direct the way money is managed, acquired, and distributed. Students learn how economic systems operate and how money markets work within economic systems. They also learn to analyze economic trends and indications and to examine the movement and distribution of money.

Students may specialize in one or more of the following areas: management finance, investment management and analysis, management of financial institutions, insurance and risk management, real estate, and financial planning. The program prepares students for careers in financial management, security analysis, investment management, security or insurance brokerage, underwriting, credit management, and risk management with corporations, commerce banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. See course descriptions for more information.

Five-Year Bachelor of Science Curriculum

Quarters 1­3	See introduction.
Quarter 4	ACC 1111, Financial Accounting; MSC 1200, Business Statistics 1; and two nonbusiness electives.
Quarter 5	ACC 1112, Managerial Accounting; MKT 1435, Introduction to Marketing; MSC 1201, Business Statistics 2; and one nonbusiness elective.
Quarter 6	FIN 1438, Principles of Finance 1; FIN 1333, Financial Institutions and Markets; ENG 1381, Writing for Professions; and MSC 1301, Management Information Systems.
Quarter 7	FIN 1439, Principles of Finance 2; HRM 1433, Organizational Behavior and Design; and one nonbusiness elective.
Quarter 8	FIN 1335, Managerial Finance; FIN 1346, Investment Management; MSC 1441, Operations Management; and one open elective.
Quarter 9	MGT 1446, Managing Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues; one finance elective; and two open electives.
Quarter 10	MGT 1450, Business Policy; one finance elective; and two open electives.
Quarter 11	One finance elective and three open electives.
Four-Year Bachelor of Science Curriculum
Quarters 1­5	See introduction.
Quarter 6	FIN 1438, Principles of Finance 1; MSC 1441, Operations Management; and two open electives.
Quarter 7	FIN 1439, Principles of Finance 2, HRM 1433, Organizational Behavior and Design; FIN 1333, Financial Institutions and Markets; and one open elective.
Quarter 8	FIN 1335, Managerial Finance; MGT 1446, Managing Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues; ENG 1381, Writing for Professions; and one open elective.
Quarter 9	FIN 1346, Investment Management; MGT 1450, Business Policy; one finance elective; and two open electives.
Quarter 10	Two finance electives and two open electives.

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