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Finance Major

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Major Requirements

Core Courses

Core courses not included in the 16-hour total:

ACCT 6202 - Financial Accounting II
or
ACCT 6205 - Strategic Cost Analysis
FINA 6201 - Managerial Finance

Required Courses

Plus 10 hours of required courses:

FINA 6205 - Finance Theory and Practice (MUST be taken before all other FINA electives except FINA 6216 )
FINA 6211 - Valuation and Analysis
or
FINA 6223 - Global Mergers and Acquisitions
FINA 6214 - International Financial Markets
FINA 6216 - Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
FINA 6219 - Derivatives

Elective Courses

Plus any 6 hours of elective courses from the following list:

FINA 6212 - Corporate Financial Policies
FINA 6218 - Fixed Income Securities
FINA 6222 - Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
FINA 6226 - Quantitative Trading Strategies
FINA 6228 - Topics in Energy Finance
FINA 6238 - Financial Modeling
FINA 6430 - Asset and Wealth Management (4 credits, full semester)

Total: 16 Credit Hours