Finance, B.B.A.

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 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.

Students pursuing a major in Finance with no concentration may choose to focus their studies in corporate finance, investments, or financial institutions.

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.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Finance who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Finance may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM Pathway, students must submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog. NOTE: Applications for this ABM pathway are no longer being accepted. Current ABM students may complete the pathway in place at the time of application.

Academic Map

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

Finance, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
College of Business Core	42 hours*
Major Requirements	27 hours
Auxiliary Courses	9-10 hours*
Electives	1-7 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

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 courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

MATH 1630 , MATH 1810 , or MATH 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.

Major Requirements (27 hours)

FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours
FIN 3110 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours
FIN 3950 - Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 4110 - Cases in Finance 3 credit hours
Upper-division FIN electives 12 credit hours
FIN elective 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (9-10 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
FIN 4015 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Electives (1-7 hours)

Curriculum: 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 - The Dale Carnegie Course 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 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 3110 - Financial Modeling 3 credit hours §
FIN 3810 - Investments 3 credit hours §
BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

FIN 3950 - Corporate Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN 4015 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 credit hours §
FIN 4110 - Cases in Finance 3 credit hours §
FIN elective 3 credit hours §
Business elective 3 credit hours
Upper-division FIN electives 12 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

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

§ Admission required.