Program Overview

Naveen Jindal School of Management

The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree that provides students with a comprehensive education in finance, preparing them for careers in corporate finance, investment banking, and other related fields.

Bachelor of Science in Finance

The Bachelor of Science in Finance degree requires 120 semester credit hours, including core curriculum requirements, major requirements, and elective requirements.

Core Curriculum Requirements

The core curriculum requirements include:

• 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
• Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Major Requirements

The major requirements include:

• Major Preparatory Courses: 15-18 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum
• Major Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours
• Major Related Courses: 12 semester credit hours
• Guided Electives: 21 semester credit hours

Major Preparatory Courses

The major preparatory courses include:

• ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting
• ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting
• BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law
• MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I
• MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II
• OPRE 3340 Advanced Business Quantitative Methods
• MATH 2333 Matrices, Vectors, and Their Application
• OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis
• OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty
• STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
• Choose two of the following: BA 1310, BA 1320, ECON 2301, ECON 2302

Major Core Courses

The major core courses include:

• BCOM 1300 Introduction to Professionalism and Communication in Business
• BCOM 4300 Managing Communications in Business
• IMS 3310 International Business
• FIN 3320 Business Finance
• ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business
• OPRE 3310 Operations Management
• OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management
• MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

Major Related Courses

The major related courses include:

• FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling
• FIN 4300 Investment Management
• FIN 4310 Intermediate Financial Management
• FIN 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Finance
• Choose one of the following: FIN 4328, FIN 4333, FIN 4380, BPS 4395, ENTP 4395

Guided Electives

The guided electives include:

• A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required
• Choose from the following list of courses: FIN 3305, FIN 3330, FIN 3340, FIN 3350, FIN 3360, FIN 3365, FIN 3370, FIN 3380, FIN 3395, FIN 4303, FIN 4305, FIN 4307, FIN 4313, FIN 4315, FIN 4320, FIN 4321, FIN 4330, FIN 4335, FIN 4336, FIN 4337, FIN 4338, FIN 4340, FIN 4345, FIN 4390, FIN 4399, FIN 4V90, FIN 4V99, MECO 3360, MECO 3361, MECO 4352, RMIS 3375, RMIS 4331, RMIS 4332, RMIS 4333, RMIS 4334, RMIS 4336, RMIS 4338, ENTP 4V00

Elective Requirements

The elective requirements include:

• Free Electives: 3-6 semester credit hours
• Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives
• Students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation

Suggested Finance Tracks

The suggested finance tracks include:

• Corporate Finance Track
• Investment Track
• Real Estate Investment Management Track
• Risk Management and Insurance Track

Corporate Finance Track

The corporate finance track focuses on the skills necessary to manage the financial problems of a firm. Recommended coursework includes:

• FIN 3350
• FIN 3380
• FIN 4337 or ACCT 4337
• FIN 4340
• FIN 4345
• ACCT 3331
• ACCT 3332
• ACCT 3350

Investment Track

The investment track studies to become investment analysts and investment advisors. Recommended coursework includes:

• FIN 3330
• FIN 3340
• FIN 3350
• FIN 4305
• FIN 4320
• MATH 2415 or MATH 3351
• MATH 2420
• STAT 4351

Real Estate Investment Management Track

The real estate investment management track learns both the qualitative and quantitative tools necessary to enter one of the many different areas within real estate. Recommended coursework includes:

• FIN 3305
• FIN 3350
• FIN 3360
• FIN 3365
• FIN 3370
• FIN 4321
• FIN 4328

Risk Management and Insurance Track

The risk management and insurance track learns both the qualitative and quantitative tools necessary to enter one of the many different areas within the risk management and insurance industries. Recommended coursework includes:

• FIN 3370 or RMIS 3370
• FIN 3375 or RMIS 3375
• FIN 4331 or RMIS 4331
• FIN 4332 or RMIS 4332
• FIN 4333 or RMIS 4333
• RMIS 4334 or FIN 4334
• MKT 3330