Program Overview

Finance, B.S.

The Finance, B.S. major is available in a traditional as well as online format.

Overview

Overall Requirements:

• 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
• Minimum grade of C in all ACC, ECO, and FIN courses at the 300 level or above used toward the major.
• At least 50 percent of the business credits required for the degree must be earned at UNC Greensboro.

Degree Program Requirements

Major Requirements

The major requirements include:

• Completion of the Bryan School Pre-Admission Courses
• Completion of the Bryan School Common Business Core
• Completion of the Finance Courses

Bryan School Pre-Admission Courses

Students should plan to complete the pre-admission courses by the end of the sophomore year, or as soon as possible thereafter. Courses used to meet Bryan School Pre-Admission and Bryan School Common Business Core requirements cannot be used to fulfill major or concentration requirements in the following majors: ACCT, BADM, ECOS, ENTR, FINC, INTB, ISSC, HTMT, or MKTG. Required courses:

• BUS 115 & BUS 215: Blueprint for Personal Development and Blueprint for Professional Development
• or BUS 216: Blueprint for Personal and Professional Development
• ACC 201: Financial Accounting
• ACC 202: Managerial Accounting
• ECO 201: Principles of Microeconomics
• ECO 202: Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECO 250: Economic and Business Statistics I
• ISM 110: Foundations for Analytics using Spreadsheets
• ISM 280: Information Systems for Decision Making
• Select one of the following:
  • ENG 101: Exploring Writing in College Contexts
  • ENG 102: Academic Research and Writing
  • FMS 115: Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication
• Completion of one of the following:
  • MAT 115: College Algebra
  • MAT 118: Algebra with Business Applications
  • MAT 120: Calculus with Business Applications
  • MAT 150: Precalculus I
  • MAT 151: Precalculus II
  • MAT 190: Precalculus
  • MAT 183: Mathematics for the Life Sciences
  • MAT 184: Calculus for the Life Sciences
  • MAT 191: Calculus I
  • MAT 292: Calculus II
  • MAT 293: Calculus III
  • MAT 196: Calculus A
  • MAT 296: Calculus B

Bryan School Common Business Core

Required courses:

• BUS 315: Global and Cultural Development
• BUS 415: Leadership Development
• CST 105: Introduction to Communication Studies
• ECO 300: The International Economy
• FIN 315: Business Finance I
• MGT 301: Introduction to International Business
• MGT 312: Organizational Behavior
• MGT 330: The Legal Environment of Business
• MGT 491: Business Policy and Strategy
• MKT 309: Principles of Innovation
• MKT 320: Principles of Marketing
• PHI 261: Ethical Issues in Business
• or PHI 262: Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship
• or PHI 263: Business Ethics with East Asian Philosophy
• SCM 302: Operations Management
• Global Sustainability Elective - One chosen from the list below:
  • ECO 100: Economics of a Global Sustainable Society
  • ENT 130: Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
  • LLC 120: Global Crossings: Topics in Images, Media, and Texts
  • LLC 130: Global Green: Cultures of Production and/or Consumption
  • HTM 200: Introduction to Sustainable Development
• Or other approved Global Sustainability elective.

Finance Courses

Required courses:

• FIN 330: Financial Institutions and Markets
• FIN 345: Data Technologies for Finance
• FIN 410: Business Finance II
• FIN 442: Investments
• Select two additional courses from the following:
  • FIN 335: Entrepreneurial Finance
  • FIN 349: Financial Statement Analysis and Company Valuation
  • FIN 449: Contemporary Topics in Finance
  • FIN 450: Fundamentals of Futures, Options and Behavioral Finance
  • FIN 493: Honors Work
  • FIN 499: Problems in Finance
  • ACC 318: Intermediate Accounting I
  • ACC 319: Intermediate Accounting II
  • ACC 330: Cost Accounting
  • ACC 420: Federal Tax Concepts
  • ECO 301: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • ECO 350: Economic and Business Statistics II

Electives

Electives sufficient to complete 120 total credit hours required for the degree.