Program: Finance Major - Capital University

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.

Major Requirements

Suggested Additional Coursework:

Students interested in financial planning 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.