Finance Major

The Finance Program at SUNY Brockport leads to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance.

Students majoring in Finance must complete all College general education requirements plus four groups of business-related courses as follows: (1) prerequisites, (2) corequisites, (3) business core courses, and (4) upper-level finance courses. Students without significant work experience are strongly encouraged to also complete at least one internship experience. Minimal course grade and program admissions standards apply.

The following is the curriculum for the B.S. in Finance and applies to students matriculating Spring 2006 and later:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
PREREQUISITE COURSES (21 credits)
CIS 106	End User Computing	3
ECN 201	Principles of Economics (Micro)	3
ECN 202	Principles of Economics (Macro)	3
ECN 204	Introduction to Statistics	3
ACC 281	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
ACC 282	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
MTH 201 or 221	Calculus or Business Calculus	3
COREQUISITE COURSES (10 credits)
ENL 308	Business Writing	3
ECN 302	Intermediate Macroeconomics	3
ECN 304	Intermediate Statistics	3
BUS 389	Business Professions Seminar	1
BUSINESS CORE COURSES (21 credits)
BUS 325	Principles of Finance	3
BUS 335	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 345	International Business Environment	3
BUS 366	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 375	Business Law I	3
BUS 378	Business, Government, and Society	3
BUS 475	Strategic Management	3
REQUIRED SPECIALTY COURSES (6 credits)
BUS 421	Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management	3
BUS 422	Corporate Financial Policy	3
SPECIALTY ELECTIVES (6 credits) At least one of these courses must be from Group A.
Group A
BUS 420	Short-Term Financial Management	3
BUS 428	Seminar in Finance	3
BUS 445	International Financial Management	3
Group B
ACC 385	Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACC 388	Cost Accounting	3
ECN 321	Money and Banking	3
ECN 425	Financial Institutions	3
Total Number of Credit Hours		64

Note: Students must complete the prerequisite courses with an average prerequisite grade point of at least 2.5 and no grade below "C-" to be certain that they will be admitted to the major.

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