Finance, B.B.A.

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General

(See General Requirements for all Bachelor’s Degrees )

Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours

(See Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours )

Bachelor of Business Administration (Business and Professional Business Cores)

(see Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration )

Courses for a Major in Finance - 30 semester hours

FINC 3353 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3
FINC 4653 - Financial Management 3
FINC 4733 - Investments 3
FINC 4753 - Advanced Issues in Corporate Finance 3 or
FINC 4833 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 3
ECON 3543 - Introduction to Econometrics 3
ECON 4643 - International Economics and Finance 3 (if not taken in the Professional Business Core)

Plus 12 semester hours selected from:

Four courses (five courses if ECON 4643 is taken in the Professional Business Core).

Advanced Accounting

Students can choose to take up to six semester hours of advanced accounting for the required twelve hours above.

Student Managed Investment Fund Option

Students in the Student Managed Investment Fund will be able to complete the traditional Finance degree plan or complete the new Finance-Student Managed Investment Fund degree plan. For this option, the courses in the major are:

Courses for a Major in Finance (Student Managed Investment Fund option) - 30 semester hours

Plus 9 semester hours selected from:

Nine semester hours (three courses)

Advanced Accounting

Students can choose to take up to six semester hours of advanced accounting for part of the required nine hours above.

Approved Electives

Electives approved by student’s advisor to bring total to 120 semester hours. Developmental courses and EXPH activity courses cannot be counted as electives.

Note:

Students pursuing a B.B.A. degree with a major in Finance must earn a grade of C or higher in FINC 3353 , FINC 3733 , FINC 4653 , and FINC 4733 taken at MSU or transferred from another college or university.