Program: Finance, Business Finance Concentration, B.B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 04, 2025

2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Economics and Finance
615-898-5117
Sean Salter, program coordinator
Sean.Salter@mtsu.edu

In addition to meeting the Jennings A. Jones College of Business requirements, a major in Finance with a Business Finance concentration consists of 27 semester hours of finance courses and requires a minimum 2.00 GPA. At least 50 percent of the required major hours must be taken in residence at MTSU.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120

Required Courses (27 hours)

FIN 3810
- Investments 3 credit hours §
FIN 3910
- Computer Applications in Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 3950
- Intermediate Financial Management 3 credit hours §
FIN 4110
- Managerial Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 4810
- Portfolio Theory and Management 3 credit hours §
FIN electives 9 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

NOTE: * Any finance course can be used for the FIN electives except FIN 2010 .
§ Admission to Jones College required

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)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
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
Elective 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 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

BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 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 §
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours §
FIN 3950 - Intermediate Financial Management 3 credit hours §
FIN 4110 - Managerial Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 4810 - Portfolio Theory and Management 3 credit hours §
FIN electives 9 credit hours §
Business elective 3 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

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Finance, Business Finance, B.B.A., Academic Map