Finance, Business Finance Concentration, B.B.A.

A major in Finance with a Business Finance concentration leading to the B.B.A. degree requires that the student, at a minimum, complete

the business requirements (see Degree Requirements ) in the college;
ECON 3210 and at least 24 additional hours in finance;
FIN 3810 ; FIN 3910 ; FIN 3950 ; FIN 4110 ; FIN 4810 ; FIN 4860 or FIN 4800 or FIN 4910 and 9 hours of finance electives.

The program requires 50 percent of major courses be taken in residence at MTSU. An elective business minor may be chosen, but additional minor(s) require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Curriculum: Finance, Business Finance

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (MATH) OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
Nonbusiness electives 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
QM 2610 - Statistical Methods I 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

QM 3620 - Statistical Methods II 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
ECON 3210 - The Financial System and the Economy 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
BCEN 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours §
FIN 3910 - Computer Applications in Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 3950 - Intermediate Financial Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours §
MGMT 3620 - Operations Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
FIN 4110 - Managerial Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 4810 - Portfolio Theory and Management 3 credit hours §
FIN electives 9 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §
FIN 4860 - International Financial Management 3 credit hours § OR
FIN 4800 - Microfinance 3 credit hours § OR
FIN 4910 - Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Total hours in program: 120

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required