Finance (B.S.)

The Finance major requires:

• AC 101 - Introduction to Accounting
• AC 270 - Cost Management Accounting
• EC 101 - SSC Principles of Macroeconomics
• EC 102 - SSC Principles of Microeconomics
• BA 215 - Principles of Marketing
• BA 265 - Management and Organizational Behavior
• MA 251 - MA Probability and Statistics
• BA 270 - Strategic Managerial Decision-Making and Critical Analysis I
• BA 271 - Strategic Managerial Decision-Making and Critical Analysis II

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• BA 330 - Legal Environment of Business or
• BA 331 - Business and Commercial Law for Accounting/Financial Professionals

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• FIN 325 - Corporate Finance
• FIN 327 - International Financial Management
• FIN 412 - Financial Derivatives - Futures and Options
• FIN 420 - Financial Institution Management
• FIN 424 - Investments
• FIN 425 - Advanced Financial Management
• BA 470-474 - Internship in Business

8 credits from the following:

• AC 205 - Intermediate Accounting I
• AC 206 - Intermediate Accounting II
• FIN 415 - Applied Financial Analysis
• FIN 426 - Student Managed Investment Portfolio
• MA 252 - Statistical Methods in Research
• EC 410 - Econometrics

Suggested Four Year Planner:

Notes:

Students may take EC 101  and EC 102  in any sequence.

EC 101  or EC 102  will fulfill both the Finance major requirement and the Social Sciences core requirement.

MA 251  will fulfill both the Finance major requirement and the Mathematics core requirement.

MA 251  should be taken in the sophomore year. Students should take any necessary prerequisites in the first year depending on their math placement.

BA 270  and BA 271  are to be taken in the sophomore year. Students should take BA 270 in the Fall and BA 271 in the Spring.

FIN 325  should be taken either in the 2nd or 3rd year, as it is a prerequisite for many upper level classes.

For a suggested Four-Year Plan for the Finance major, visit https://www.etown.edu/depts/business/advising/four-year-finance.aspx.