Program Overview

Program Overview

The Finance Major with Investment Management and Chartered Financial Analyst Option is a Bachelor of Science in Business degree program offered by the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

Program Requirements

• Total of 125 credit hours required for graduation
• Degree Core Requirements:
  • ACIS 2116: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • BIT 3414: Operations and Supply Chain Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 2,7,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3104: Introduction to Finance 2,# (3 credits)
  • MGT 2314: Introduction to International Business 2 (3 credits)
  • MGT 4394: Strategic Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • MKTG 3104: Marketing Management 2,# (3 credits)
• Major Requirements:
  • ACIS 1504: Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence 1,2 (3 credits)
  • ACIS 2115: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
  • ACIS 2504: Introduction to Accounting Analytics # (3 credits)
  • ENGL 3764: Technical Writing # (3 credits)
  • FIN 2164: Survey of Finance and Career Planning (1 credit)
  • FIN 3134: Financial Analytics 5,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3144: Investments: Debt, Equity and Derivatives 5,6,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 3154: Corporate Financial Analytics and Strategy 5,6,# (3 credits)
  • MGT 1104: Foundations of Business 2 (3 credits)
  • MGT 3404: Principles of Management 2,# (3 credits)
• Option Required Courses:
  • ACIS 3115: Intermediate Financial Accounting # (3 credits)
  • FIN 3114: Python/SQL for Data Analytics and Finance # (3 credits)
  • FIN 4214: Financial Modeling in Excel 8,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 4224: Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and Management 8,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 4264: Managing Risk with Derivatives 8,# (3 credits)
  • FIN 4274: Equity Securities: Analysis and Management 8,# (3 credits)
• Free Electives: 15 credit hours
• Pathways to General Education:
  • Pathways Concept 1: Discourse
  • Pathways Concept 2: Critical Thinking in the Humanities
  • Pathways Concept 3: Reasoning in the Social Sciences
  • Pathways Concept 4: Reasoning in the Natural Sciences
  • Pathways Concept 5: Quantitative and Computational Thinking
  • Pathways Concept 6: Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts
  • Pathways Concept 7: Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States

Graduation Requirements

• Overall GPA of 2.0 and in-major GPA of 2.0 required for graduation
• Courses used to calculate in-major GPA are noted with a # footnote
• Policy 91: Pamplin students in a business degree program must complete eight business courses with a grade of C- or higher by 72 attempted credit hours
• Graduation requirement: Students must achieve a grade of C- or higher in select business courses
• Three Attempt Rule: Students are not allowed to take the same course more than three times

Plan of Study

The plan of study is outlined in a grid format, with courses listed by semester and year.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students who did not successfully complete at least two years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language during high school must successfully complete six credit hours of a single foreign, classical, or sign language at the college level.

Additional Information

• ENGL 1105-ENGL 1106 First-Year Writing can substitute for COMM 1015-COMM 1016 Communication Skills
• Students may use PSYC 1004 Introductory Psychology to satisfy the requirement if they meet the Pathway 7: Critical Analysis of Identity & Equity in the U.S. requirement with a different required course
• FIN 3054 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business and FIN 3074 Legal, Ethical, and Financing Issues for Entrepreneurs are equivalent courses
• Students who receive a grade of C- in FIN 3144 and FIN 3154 may enroll concurrently in FIN 42XX courses while re-taking FIN 3144 and FIN 3154
• COMM 2004 Public Speaking is required for students who did not take COMM 1015-COMM 1016 Communication Skills
• Students are encouraged to take FIN 2114 Investments and Financial Literacy.