The Undergraduate Finance degree at The College at Brockport leads to a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Finance. At the School of Business Administration and Economics, we continually assess student learning in an effort to help our students excel academically and to reach their full potential. One such way that we ensure student success has been through the implementation of, and adherence to, a set of learning goals for each degree. For more information on the learning goals for this degree, please click here.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science, Finance degree must complete all College general education requirements plus four groups of business-related courses as follows:
Students without significant work experience are strongly encouraged to also complete at least one internship experience. Minimal course grade and program admissions standards apply.
Bachelor of Science, Finance
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (21 credits; Minimum grade of C- required in each course) |
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| 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; Minimum grade of C- required in each course) | ||
| ENG 302 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ECN 302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 304 | Intermediate Statistics | 3 |
| BUS 389 | Business Professions Seminar | 1 |
| BUSINESS CORE COURSES (21 credits; Minimum grade of C- required in each course) | ||
| 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; Minimum grade of C- required in each course) | ||
| BUS 421 | Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 |
| BUS 422 | Corporate Financial Policy | 3 |
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SPECIALTY
ELECTIVES (6 credits; Minimum grade of C- required in each course) At least one of these courses must be from Group A. |
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| 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 entrance requirements for the program with an average 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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