The Bachelor of Science in Finance is for students who plan to work with the financial management of business firms, banking and other financial institutions, insurance and the securities industries. In this program, you’ll study investment needs, financial requirements and the financial performance of business firms.
For information on program admission requirements, please see Business Undergraduate Advising.
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The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Finance Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB)
The Finance major is for those students with career objectives in the financial management of business firms, banking and other financial institutions, insurance, and the securities industries. The course of study analyzes the investment needs, financial requirements, and financial performance of business firms. It also is concerned with the role played by financial institutions and security markets in meeting the vital financial needs of business firms, investors, and consumers.
Students must be formally declared in a BSB major or officially declared as a minor before enrolling in business classes in the required upper-division business administration core.
The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.
Grade Requirements for Graduation: a minimum grade ≥C in each course required for the major and a minimum GPA ≥2.5 for all upper division Business Administration core courses as well as required and elective courses taken to fulfill requirements for the major area.
| Required Business Administration Core | ||
| Lower Division | ||
| ACCT 251 | PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 5 |
| ACCT 252 | PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING | 4 |
| ACCT 261 | BUSINESS LAW | 4 |
| DSCI 245 | BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 | 4 |
| ECON 200 | INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 5 |
| ECON 201 | INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 5 |
| ENGL 201 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION | 5 |
| MATH 200 | FINITE MATHEMATICS | 5 |
| or MATH 142 | PRECALCULUS MATH II | |
| or MATH 161 | CALCULUS I | |
| or HONS 161 | CALCULUS I | |
| Upper Division Courses | ||
| DSCI 346 | BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 | 4 |
| FINC 335 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| MGMT 326 | ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR | 4 |
| MISC 311 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS | 4 |
| MKTG 310 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 |
| OPSM 330 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| Required Courses | ||
| ECON 444 | MONEY AND BANKING | 5 |
| FINC 431 | INVESTMENTS | 4 |
| FINC 434 | FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES | 4 |
| FINC 435 | CAPITAL BUDGETING AND LONG-TERM FINANCING | 4 |
| FINC 436 | SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 2 |
| FINC/IBUS 474 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| Electives–choose approved, related electives in consultation with your faculty advisor. | 8-10 | |
| Required Senior Capstone | ||
| MGMT 490 | DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 96-98 | |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 | ECON 200 (Social Sciences BACR 1) | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | MATH 200 | 5 | Natural Sciences BACR 21 | 5 |
| Natural Sciences BACR 11 | 5 | Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| ACCT 251 | 5 | ACCT 252 | 4 | ACCT 261 | 4 |
| DSCI 245 | 4 | FINC 335 | 4 | FINC 431 | 4 |
| ECON 201 (Social Sciences BACR 2) | 5 | MGMT 326 | 4 | MISC 311 | 4 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | ||
| 14 | 16-17 | 16-17 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| FINC 435 | 4 | DSCI 346 | 4 | FINC 474 | 4 |
| MKTG 310 | 4 | ECON 444 | 5 | Global Studies - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| OPSM 330 | 4 | FINC 436 | 2 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | FINC 434 | 4 |
| 16-17 | 15-16 | 17-18 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| Finance Elective2 | 4-5 | Finance Elective2 | 4-5 | MGMT 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 4 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 1 | ||
| 16-20 | 13-16 | 12-14 | |||
| Total Credits 180-194 | |||||
University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
Electives–choose 8-10 credits in approved, related electives in consultation with your faculty advisor.
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