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    Nov 24, 2024  
2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Finance Major


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Business Core (Finance Major)


The Business Core program provides a broad foundation in the five areas of accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing as well as a working knowledge of quantitative methods and information systems.

Signature Learning courses (with exemptions from the Quantitative Reasoning and Social Science requirements); BUS-101, 131, 201, 211, 213, 221, 240, 242, 246, 260, 325, 390, 450; Math-120 and Math-215. Students majoring or minoring in any area of business must earn at least a C- in BUS-101 to take further Business courses. If necessary, students may repeat BUS 101 to achieve this minimum. Students majoring in Finance must take ECON-101 and ECON-115 as part of the major requirements.

Suggested Additional Coursework:


  • Students interested in financial analysis and financial services should consider taking additional courses such as BUS-210, BUS-412, BUS-413, and BUS-414.
  • Careers in government service and Public administration should consider taking additional courses such as ECON-361 and courses in Political Science.
  • Careers in corporate finance should consider taking additional courses such as BUS-347, BUS-412, BUS-414, BUS-415, and BUS-417.
  • Careers in International Business should consider taking additional courses such as ECON-337, and foreign languages.
  • Graduate study in finance or economics should consider taking additional courses such as ECON-320, MATH-230 and MATH-231.

Residency Requirement:


At least 12 hours of major requirements must be taken in residence at Capital University, not including the Business Core.

Signature Learning Requirements


  • First Year Seminar 
  • Reading and Writing 
  • Oral Communication
  • Ethics 
  • Cultural Pluralism 
  • Quantitative Reasoning - (Requirement fulfilled with Major)
  • Religion 
  • Social Science - (Requirement fulfilled with Major)
  • Fine Arts 
  • Natural Science 
  • Humanities
  • Global Systems

See Signature Learning  Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.

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