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Finance Major

Description

The Finance Major prepares students to assume professional positions in one of the many finance functions in business and non-profit organizations, such as financial planning, cash management, and investment analysis. The program also prepares students for graduate business study.

What Can I Do With a Finance Major?

Admission to the Program

Students must obtain at least a "C-" in each of the following courses, and an overall GPA of at least 2.5, to declare the major. Transfer grades are included in the GPA.

  • CIS 106 End User Computing
  • ECN 201 Principles of Economics (Micro)
  • ECN 202 Principles of Economics (Macro)
  • ECN 204 Introduction to Statistics
  • ACC 281 Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACC 282 Introduction to Managerial Accounting

Program Requirements

Students pursue the Finance Major as part of a Bachelor of Science degree, and must satisfy its requirements. Students are also bound by the terms of study in the School of Business Administration and Economics.

Students must earn a grade of at least "C-" in each course used to satisfy a finance major requirement.

Students must earn an overall cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in the Brockport courses used to satisfy the corequisite, business core, and specialization course requirements described below.

All General Education, upper-division (300/400 level) courses, and GPA requirements at Brockport must be met, including an overall cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in all Brockport course work used to meet bachelor's degree requirements. is this redundant with the linked BS requirements linked above? -SBL

Corequisite Courses (10 credits)

  • ENG 302 Business Writing
  • ECN 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECN 304 Intermediate Statistics
  • BUS 389 Business Professions Seminar

Business Core Courses (21 credits)

  • BUS 325 Principles of Finance
  • BUS 335 Principles of Marketing
  • BUS 345 International Business Environment
  • BUS 366 Organizational Behavior
  • BUS 375 Business Law I
  • BUS 378 Business, Government, and Society
  • BUS 475 Strategic Management

Required Specialty Courses (6 credits)

  • BUS 421 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
  • BUS 422 Corporate Financial Policy

Specialty Electives (6 credits)

At least one of these electives must be from Group A.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Knowledge of business: Students are knowledgeable of the general business environment.
    1. Define business-related vocabulary;
    2. Apply important business concepts, skills, and theories;
    3. Identify the societal, ethical, legal, political, and diversity issues that impact business.
    4. Analyze international business issues. 
  2. Information literacy: Students are literate in business information and tools.
    1. Apply appropriate tools to support business analysis.
    2. Use business-related software effectively.
    3. Use appropriate sources of data and information, including library and on-line sources. 
  3. Analytical and critical thinking ability: Students are capable of critically analyzing business data and conditions.
    1. Analyze business data and conditions.
    2. Utilize/ employ critical thinking skills. 
  4. Communication skills: Students are effective communicators.
    1. Communicate effectively in oral format.
    2. Communicate effectively in written format.

Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Management Information Systems

Department Chair: James Cordeiro
Location: Hartwell 119
Visit Website
Email: mderleth@brockport.edu
Phone: (585) 395-2623
Fax: (585) 395-2542

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John M Anfuso MBA
 (Rochester Institute Of Technology)  
Lecturer
Kymberly A Bailey BS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Stephen S Briggs MBA
 (University Of Rochester)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Charles  Callahan Ph.D
 (University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign)  
Associate Professor
Tamoya  Christie Ph.D
 (Georgia State University)  
Assistant Professor
Thomas E Cone Ph.D
 (Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)  
Associate Professor
Jack S Cook Ph.D
 (Washington State University)  
Assistant Professor
James J Cordeiro Ph.D
 (SUNY At Buffalo)  
Professor and Chair
Robert  Gluckman MBA
 (Carnegie Mellon University)  
Lecturer
Jilleen  Hays MBA
 (University Of Maine)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Yuanlong  He Ph.D
 (University Of Cincinnati-Main Campus)  
Assistant Professor
Daniel J Hraber MS
 (Madonna University)  
Lecturer
Timothy  Hungerford MBA
 (Rochester Institute Of Technology)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Wei-Chuan  Kao MBA
 (National Taiwan University)  
Assistant Professor
D Donald  Kent Ph.D
 (Union College)  
Associate Professor
Lisa M Koch MBA
 (University Of Rochester)  
Adjunct Lecturer
David  Mandrycky BS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Pamela  Neely Ph.D
 (SUNY At Albany)  
Assistant Professor
Jane B Romal DBA
 (Cleveland State University)  
Associate Professor
Sandeep  Singh Ph.D
 (Kent State University-Main Campus)  
Professor
Kari  Smoker MS
 (Golden Gate University-San Francisco)  
Assistant Professor
Kyongsei  Sohn Ph.D
 (George Washington University)  
Assistant Professor
Manish  Tewari Ph.D
 (University Of Central Florida)  
Assistant Professor
Mark  Vroblefski Ph.D
 (SUNY At Buffalo)  
Assistant Professor
James C Weaver Ph.D
 (Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)  
Adjunct Lecturer