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Program Overview
Through the finance program, you'll learn to connect economic theories to real world applications. You will study areas of corporate and international finance, plus a wide range of subdisciplines such as investment, cost control, financial modeling, and risk management. You will learn how macroeconomic and market conditions guide business decision making, and you will become conversant in the language and tools that financial managers use.
Coursework and internships will prepare you to launch a career in any facet of the financial sector, including banking, insurance and brokerage firms, or the corporate world, among others. Or you may pursue a graduate degree, including a valuable MBA. The choices are yours.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126
First Year - Credits: 32-33
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- Elective (Cr: 2-3)
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ACC 145聽-聽Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
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BUS 102聽-聽School of Business First Year Experience (Cr: 1)
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BUS 123聽-聽Solving Business Problems with Technology (Cr: 3)
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BUS 130聽-聽Foundations of Business (Cr: 3)
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BUS 200聽-聽Marketing (Cr: 3)
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BUS 270聽-聽Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
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ECN 201聽-聽Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Global Issues General Elective
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ENG 111聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
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ENG 112聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement
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INT 100聽-聽Internship I (Cr: 2)
Second Year - Credits: 32
- Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement聽 (Cr: 3)
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement聽 (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement聽聽 (Cr: 3)
- Finance Elective (Cr: 3)
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BUS 210聽-聽Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 249聽-聽Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
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BUS 311聽-聽Corporate Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 333聽-聽Design Thinking (Cr: 3)
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ECN 202聽-聽Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
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INT 200聽-聽Internship II (Cr: 2)
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MTH 126聽-聽Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement
Third Year - Credits: 31
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement聽 (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- Finance Electives聽 (Cr: 6)
- General Education Elective聽 (Cr: 3)
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BUS 320聽-聽Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
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BUS 340聽-聽International Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 370聽-聽Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement
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BUS 375聽-聽Financial Modeling (Cr: 3)
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BUS 379聽-聽Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
Fourth Year - Credits: 30
- Finance Elective聽 (Cr: 3)
- General Education Electives聽 200+ level (Cr: 6)
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BUS 331聽-聽Investments (Cr: 3)
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BUS 480聽-聽Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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BUS 489聽-聽Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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BUS 490聽-聽Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
Or
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BUS 491聽-聽Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
Finance Electives
Choose four from the following:
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ACC 300聽-聽Accounting Information Systems (Cr: 3)
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ACC 325聽-聽Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
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ACC 425聽-聽Corporate Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
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BUS 224聽-聽Principles of Buying (Cr: 3)
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BUS 302聽-聽Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
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BUS 303聽-聽International Business (Cr: 3)
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BUS 309聽-聽Project Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 319聽-聽Financial Planning for Clients (Cr: 3)
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BUS 332聽-聽Applied Modeling for Decision-Making (Cr: 3)
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BUS 336聽-聽Options and Futures Trading (Cr: 3)
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BUS 337聽-聽Valuation (Cr: 3)
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BUS 354聽-聽Entrepreneurial Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 355聽-聽Risk Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 369聽-聽Financial Institutions and Markets (Cr: 3)
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BUS 415聽-聽Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
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BUS 440聽-聽Topics in Real Estate Seminar (Cr: 3)
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CSC 160/160L聽-聽Introduction to Programming and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CSC 260聽-聽Object Oriented Programming (Cr: 3)
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CSC 261聽-聽Advanced Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns (Cr: 3)
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ECN 302聽-聽Intermediate Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
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MTH 137聽-聽Calculus II (Cr: 4)
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MTH 225聽-聽Probability (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the finance program, students will:
- Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex聽challenges in finance.
- Calculate and interpret quantitative data effectively.
- Evaluate evidence systematically in developing solutions to finance problems.
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within finance.
- Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of finance.
- Apply a range of 'best practices'聽in a professional finance environment.
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Internships and Careers
An 西瓜视频 education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at 西瓜视频 will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.
Recent Internships
- Fidelity
- Wellington
- Ernst & Young
- KPMG
- State Street
- Travelers
Alumni Employment
- Morgan Stanley
- Bloomberg
- GE
- Fidelity
- State Street
- Oracle
Graduate School Acceptances
- 西瓜视频 College
- Dartmouth