B.S. Business Administration, Finance

Curriculum

Students graduating with the B.S. Business Administration, finance specialization, complete 39 credit hours of general education courses, 66 credit hours of courses in the major and 15 credit hours of finance specialization courses.

Students residing in the state of Arkansas should refer to their General Education requirements.

COURSES	CREDIT HOURS*
GENERAL EDUCATION (39 credit hours)
Required general education courses are denoted with a  . All students are required to take one three-credit global awareness course. Global awareness courses are denoted with a double asterisk**.
OR100 Orientation	0
Written Communication (choose 9 credit hours)
ENG400 Special Topics in Writing	1
ENG105 Beginning Writing	3
ENG110 English Composition	3
ENG310 Technical Writing	3
COM115 Oral Communication	3
COM240 Principles of Business Communications OR COM412 Professional Communication	3
Humanities (choose 9 credit hours, including one history course)
ARTS200 Introduction to Art History**	3
GEO200 Global Geography**	3
HIS125 World Civilization I**	3
HIS225 World Civilization II**	3
HIS226 American History	3
LIT200 Masterpieces of Literature**	3
PHI215 Philosophy of Religions**	3
PHI320 Computer Ethics	3
Behavioral and Social Sciences (choose 9 credit hours)
ANT101 Cultural Anthropology**	3
ECN220 Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECN221 Principles of Macroeconomics**	3
PSY140 Introduction to Psychology	3
PSY200 Developmental Psychology	3
SOC135 Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC210 Analysis of Social Problems	3
SOC220 Globalization**	3
SOC250 Technology and Society	3
Science, Mathematics and Information Technology (choose 9 credit hours, including one math course: MA120, MA200 or MA201)
BIO130 Fundamentals of Biology	3
ECO230 Principles of Ecology	3
GIS211 Introduction to GIS	3
IS101 Introduction to Computer Systems	3
IS102 Microsoft Office Fundamentals	3
MA105 Basic College Mathematics	3
MA115 Business Problem Solving	3
MA119 Intermediate Algebra	3
MA120 College Algebra	3
MA200 Introduction to Statistics	3
MA201 Discrete Mathematics (required for B.S. Computer Science)	3
PED200 Principles of Health and Wellness	3

COURSES	CREDIT HOURS*
REQUIRED COURSES
Choose 66 credit hours. Required courses are denoted with a .
ACC201 Introduction to Accounting	3
ACC205 Managerial Accounting	3
ACC405 Investments	3
BUS210 Business Statistics I	3
BUS211 Business Statistics II	3
BUS230 Business Law I	3
BUS331 Business Law II	3
BUS320 Quantitative Methods	3
BUS420 Leadership in a Changing Environment	3
BUS454 Ethical Decisions Making for Business	3
BUS460 Corporate Governance	3
ECN220 Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECN221 Principles of Macroeconomics	3
FIN202 Personal Finance	3
FIN335 Financial Management and Analysis I	3
FIN435 Financial Management and Analysis II	3
FIN450 Simulation and Risk Management	3
FIN460 International Finance	3
MGT210 Introduction to Management	3
MGT360 Business and Society (except for Managemet specialization)	3
MGT405 Quality Management	3
MGT410 Training and Development	3
MGT420 Leadership in Organizations	3
MGT430 Performance Management	3
MGT440 Change Management	3
MGT460 Organizational Behavior	3
MGT470 Developing Human Resources	3
MGT475 Management of Complex Organizations	3
MGT480 Fundamentals Project Management	3
MKT210 Introduction to Marketing	3
MKT306 Marketing Research (except for Marketing specialization)	3
MKT307 Sales Management	3
MKT308 Marketing Management	3
MKT435 Marketing in a Global Economy	3
MGT498 Senior Capstone	3

COURSES	CREDIT HOURS*
REQUIRED COURSES, Finance Specialization (15 credit hours)
ACC205 Managerial Accounting	3
ACC405 Investments	3
FIN435 Financial Management and Analysis II	3
FIN450 Simulation and Risk Management	3
FIN460 International Finance	3

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