Program Overview

Naveen Jindal School of Management

The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics (Double Major) degree. This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of finance and economics, preparing them for careers in these fields.

Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics (Double Major) degree requires 129 semester credit hours. The degree requirements include:

• Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours, which can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The recommended courses to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas are:
  • Communication: 6 semester credit hours
  • Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
  • Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
  • Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
  • Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
  • American History: 6 semester credit hours
  • Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours, which can be fulfilled by ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours, which can be fulfilled by MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II and ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics

Major Requirements

The Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics (Double Major) degree include:

• Major Preparatory Courses: 16 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum, which include:
  • EPPS 1110 Critical Issues in the Social Sciences
  • ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting
  • ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting
  • BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law
  • OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis
  • OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty
  • STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
  • ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
  • MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I
  • MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II
• Major Core Courses: 49-52 semester credit hours, which include:
  • BA 1105 Professional Development
  • BCOM 3300 Business Communication
  • ECON 3310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
  • ECON 4351 Mathematical Economics
  • ECON 4355 Econometrics
  • FIN 3320 Business Finance
  • FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling
  • FIN 4310 Intermediate Financial Management
  • FIN 4300 Investment Management
  • IMS 3310 International Business
  • ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business
  • BUAN 3301 AI in Business
  • MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
  • OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior
  • OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management
• Experiential Learning: A capstone course is required for all undergraduate JSOM students, which can be fulfilled by FIN 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Finance or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business. A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. A student may earn up to 3 semester credit hours with FIN 4V80, which can be used as one of the FIN upper-division courses.
• Major Related Courses: 19-22 semester credit hours, which include:
  • Finance Electives: 7-10 semester credit hours, which can be fulfilled by courses such as FIN 3300 Personal Finance, FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles, and FIN 3340 Regulation of Business and Financial Markets
  • Economics Electives: 12 semester credit hours, which can be fulfilled by courses such as ECON 3312 Money and Banking, ECON 3332 Economic Geography, and ECON 4301 Game Theory

Faculty

The faculty for the Naveen Jindal School of Management includes:

• Professors: Daniel G. Arce, Kurt J. Beron, Dong Li, Donggyu Sul
• Associate Professors: Seth Giertz, Darwin (Trey) Miller, Irina Panovska, Kevin Siqueira, Victor Valcarcel
• Assistant Professors: Anne Burton, Joan Camilo Grandos Castro, Jonas Hedlund, Maria (Camila) Morales
• Professor Emeritus: James Murdoch, Todd Sandler
• Associate Professor of Instruction: Luba Ketsler
• Assistant Professor of Instruction: William Grover

JSOM Faculty

The JSOM faculty includes:

• Professors: Ashiq Ali, Gary Bolton, William M. Cready, Umit G. Gurun, Kyle Hyndman, Vikram Nanda, Suresh Radhakrishnan, Michael J. Rebello, Gil Sadka, Harold Zhang
• Associate Professors: Nina Baranchuk, Zhonglan Dai, Rebecca Files, Michael Hasler, Surya N. Janakiraman, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr., Jun Li, Ningzhong Li, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan, Naim Bugra Ozel, Kelsey D. Wei, Han (Victor) Xia, Yexiao Xu, Alejandro Zentner, Jieying Zhang, Feng Zhao, Yibin Zhou
• Assistant Professors: Christopher Mace, Jean-Marie Meier, Alejandro Rivera Mesias, Simon Siegenthaler, Xiaoxiao Tang, Christian Von-Drathen, Pingle Wang, Steven Xiao
• Associate Professor Emeritus: David J. Springate
• Clinical Professors: John Barden, Randall S. Guttery, Peter Lewin, Jeffrey Manzi
• Clinical Associate Professor: Carolyn Reichert
• Clinical Assistant Professors: Moran Blueshtein, Revansiddha Khanapure, Liping Ma
• Professors of Instruction: Mary Beth Goodrich, Chris Linsteadt, Matt Polze
• Associate Professors of Instruction: Amal El-Ashmawi, Ayfer Gurun, Jennifer Johnson, Hirofumi Nishi, Daniel Sibley
• Assistant Professor of Instruction: Joseph Mauriello
• Professor of Practice: Tiffany A. Bortz
• Associate Professors of Practice: Julie Lynch, Jennifer Murray, Steven Solcher, Kathy Zolton
• Assistant Professors of Practice: Steven Haynes