Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements - Major in Economics and Finance

To graduate, students complete a minimum of 122 semester hours with an overall institution grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 (38 hours of general education requirements and 84 hours of business courses). In addition, a grade of at least C is required in each of the Basic Business Techniques courses and a 2.0 GPA is required in the 300-level business core courses, and a 2.0 GPA is required for all courses counted in the Economics and Finance Major, which include the following:

Concentration in Economics

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ECO 315	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
FIN 343	Money Mkts and Fin Instit	3
or ECO 340	Money and Banking
ECO 316	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECO 330	Current Global Economic Issues	3
ECO 491	History of Economic Thought -W	3
Select four electives from the following:		12
ECO 318	Prin of Managerial Economics
ECO 322	Economics of Industrial Org
ECO 323	Public Finance
ECO 343	Labor Economics
ECO 355	Sport & Entertainment Econ
ECO 363	International Economics
ECO 371	Economic Development
ECO 372	Economics of Urban Development
ECO 383	Economic History of the US
ECO 390	Environmental Economics
ECO 451	Mathematical Economics
FIN 420	Investments
FIN 430	Derivative Securities
Total Hours		27

Concentration in Finance

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ECO 315	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
FIN 343	Money Mkts and Fin Instit	3
or ECO 340	Money and Banking
FIN 332	Multinational Finance	3
FIN 350	Fin Stmt Analysis & Corp Strat	3
FIN 410	Intermediate Bus Finance	3
FIN 411	Advanced Business Finance - W	3
FIN 420	Investments	3
Select two electives from the following:		6
FIN 344	Real Estate
FIN 345	Principles of Insurance
FIN 370	Short-Term Financial Managemnt
FIN 421	Sec Analy-Portfolio Mgt
FIN 425	Student Managed Invest Fund I
FIN 426	Student Managed Invest Fund II
FIN 430	Derivative Securities
FIN 445	Life and Disability Insurance
FIN 446	Real Estate Finance & Invest
FIN 470	Depository Institution Mgt I
FIN 471	Depository Institutions Mgt II
Total Hours		27

Concentration in Real Estate

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ECO 315	Intermediate Microeconomics	3
FIN 343	Money Mkts and Fin Instit	3
or ECO 340	Money and Banking
FIN 344	Real Estate	3
FIN 444	Real Estate Valuation - W	3
FIN 446	Real Estate Finance & Invest	3
FIN 448	Real Estate Law	3
Select three electives from the following:		9
ECO 372	Economics of Urban Development
FIN 345	Principles of Insurance
FIN 350	Fin Stmt Analysis & Corp Strat
FIN 420	Investments
MGT 347	Franchising
MKT 381	Professional Selling & Sales Management
Total Hours		27