Finance Major: Degree Requirements

The Finance program exposes students to the core areas of finance, develops your communication skills, and enhances students’ ability to ethically solve complex problems in a private, public, or nonprofit organization. Eastern finance graduates acquire distinctive integration of quantitative, critical thinking, and creative problemsolving skills and knowledge of finance to effectively work in the environments of their choosing.

Finance majors must complete all courses listed below

THE CORE

ACC 201 Principles of Accounting - 3 credits
ACC 202 Principles of Managerial Accounting - 3 credits
BIS 205* Management of Business Information - 3 credits
ECO 200 Introduction of Macroeconomics - 3 credits
ECO 201** Introduction of Microeconomics - 3 credits
ECO 215 Statistics for Business and Economics - 3 credits
ECO 245^ Research Methods - 3 credits
ECO 325 Money and Banking - 3 credits
FIN 245 Business Finance - 3 credits
FIN 346 Investment Analysis - 3 credits
FIN 437 International Financial Management - 3 credits
FIN 445 Case Studies in Financial Management - 3 credits
FIN 462^^ Seminar in Finance - 3 credits
FIN 490 Internship in Finance - 3 credits

Choose one of the following Concentrations

Banking and Real Estate

Choose three (3) courses:
- FIN 335 Financial Management - 3 credits
- FIN 349 Real Estate Finance - 3 credits
- FIN 438 Bank Management - 3 credits
- FIN 446 Financial Derivatives - 3 credits

Subtotal: 9 credits
Concentration total: 54 credits

Investment

Choose three (3) courses:
- FIN 348 Personal Financial Planning - 3 credits
- FIN 435 Portfolio Management - 3 credits
- FIN 446 Financial Derivatives - 3 credit
- FIN 447 Wealth Management - 3 credits

Subtotal: 9 credits
Concentration total: 54 credits

* approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology

** Liberal Arts Core Tier II Individuals and Societies

^ meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement (must complete 2 courses)

^^meets State 3 University Writing Requirement