Finance Program Information

B.S. – Finance Course Work Required

Two Introductory Business Courses

• BUS 120 - Freshman Introduction to Business (Replace with Elective for Transfer Students)
• BUS 205 - Legal Environment of Business

Three Courses in Accounting

• ACC 111 - Financial Accounting
• ACC112 - Management Accounting
• ACC 223 - Intermediate Accounting I

Four Courses in Economics

• ECO 101 - Macroeconomics
• ECO 102 - Microeconomics
• ECO 250 - Money & Financial Markets
• ECO 305 - Intermediate Microeconomics

Two Courses in Managing Organizations and People

• MGT 271 - Management Principles
• MGT 341 - Human Resource Management

One Course in Marketing

• MKG 201 - Principles of Marketing

One Course in Operations

• MGT 390 - Operations and Information Management

Four Courses in Quantitative Analysis

• CIS 232 - Microcomputer Applications for Business*
• MAT 107 - Business Calculus* OR MAT 111 Calculus I*
• MAT 201 - Business Statistics I*
• BUS 231 - Business Statistics II

One Senior Capstone Course

• BUS 460 - Business Strategy

Four Courses in Finance

• FIN 320 - Managerial Finance

Select Three of the Following

• FIN 340 - Advanced Managerial Accounting
• FIN 350 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
• FIN 360 - Global Finance
• FIN 370 - Options and Derivative Securities
• FIN 450 - Applied Investment Management

Three Business Electives (May Include Co-op and MBA options)

• Any MGT, MKG, FIN, ECO, ACC, BUS
• Any MGT, MKG, FIN, ECO, ACC, BUS
• Any MGT, MKG, FIN, ECO, ACC, BUS

And the following courses outside the College of Business

• Nine Niagara University General Education Foundation Courses
• Four Distribution Courses
• ENG 231 - Business Communication I

Three Elective Courses outside the College of Business
Total Program: 42
* General Education, Analytical Skills courses