Finance Major

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.

• BUS 101 - Introduction to Business (4)
• BUS 131 - Principles of Marketing (4)
• BUS 201 - Professional Development (2)
• BUS 211 - Financial Accounting Fundamentals (4)
• BUS 213 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting (2)
• BUS 221 - Management Information Systems with Excel & Access Applications (4)
• BUS 240 - Finance (4)
• BUS 242 - Organizational Behavior (4)
• BUS 246 - Business Law (2)
• BUS 260 - International Business (4)
• BUS 325 - Business Ethics (2)
• BUS 390 - Production and Service Operations Management (4)
• BUS 450 - Business Policy and Strategy (4)
• MATH 120 - College Algebra (3)
• MATH 215 - Elementary Statistics (3)

Major Requirements

• BUS 322 - Corporate Finance (4)
• BUS 327 - Financial Institutions, Markets, and Risks (4)
• BUS 421 - Investments (4)
• BUS 475 - Financial Modeling (4)
• ECON 101 - Macroeconomic Principles (4)  AND
• ECON 115 - Microeconomic Principles (4)
• ECON 326 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Money (4)

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  Plus two additional courses from:

• BUS 311 - Intermediate Accounting I (4)
• BUS 347 - Business Law II (2)
• BUS 412 - Introduction to Taxation (2)
• BUS 414 - Business Tax Accounting (2)
• BUS 495 - Finance Internship (2-8)
• CS 160 - Introduction to Computer Science (3)
• ECON 320 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Practice (4)
• ECON 334 - Labor Economics and Industrial Relations (4)
• ECON 337 - International Economics and Finance (4)
• ECON 340 - The Evolution of Economic Systems and Economic Thought (4)
• ECON 350 - Environmental Economics (4)
• ECON 361 - Public Finance (4)
• MATH 222 - Introduction to Data Science (3)
• MATH 230 - Calculus I (4)
• MATH 293 - Selected Topics (1 - 4)
• MATH 310 - Mathematical Statistics (3)

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.