Finance, Real Estate Concentration, B.B.A.

Economics and Finance
615-898-5750
Philip Seagraves, program coordinator
Philip.Seagraves@mtsu.edu

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

Academic Map

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

Finance, Real Estate, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities, and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1630, 1810, or 1910 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Real Estate Concentration (27 hours)

FIN 3030 - Principles of Real Estate 3 credit hours
FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours
FIN 3910 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours
FIN 4430 - Real Property Valuation 3 credit hours
FIN 4440 - Real Estate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 4550 - Real Estate Investment Analysis 3 credit hours
FIN 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture 3 credit hours OR
FIN 4710 - Insurance in Estate Planning 3 credit hours
FIN electives 6 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (6 hours)

ECON 4500 - Urban and Regional Economics 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Electives (7 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Finance, Real Estate

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)
Electives 4 credit hours
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 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
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
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
FIN 3030 - Principles of Real Estate 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 3910 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours §
Business elective 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

BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §
ECON 4500 - Urban and Regional Economics 3 credit hours §
FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours
FIN 4430 - Real Property Valuation 3 credit hours §
FIN 4440 - Real Estate Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 4550 - Real Estate Investment Analysis 3 credit hours §
FIN electives 6 credit hours §
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
FIN 4710 - Insurance in Estate Planning 3 credit hours § OR
FIN 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

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

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