B.B.A degree requirements for Finance (120 total hours)

Recommended Four-Year Program of Study for Full-Time Students

Areas A-E (See VSU Core Curriculum)1 ………… 42 hours

 Area F Requirements2 ………………… 18 hours

  • ACCT 2101 Principles of Accounting I
  • ACCT 2102 Principles of Accounting II
  • BUSA 1105 Introduction to Business
  • BUSA 2106 The Environment of Business
  • BUSA 2201 Fundamentals of Computer Applications
  • ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics

Business Administration Common Senior College Core2 …………….. 21 hours

  • BUSA 2100 Applied Business Statistics
  • BUSA 3100 Business Analytics
  • MKTG 3050 Introduction to Marketing
  • MGNT 3250 Management and Organization Behavior
  • FIN 3350 Financial Management
  • International Option Choose only 1: ECON 3600, FIN 3650, IB 3000, MGNT 4800 OR MKTG 4680 
  • BUSA 2999 Career Development
  • BUSA 3999 Experiential Learning
  • BUSA 4900 Business Policy

Required Courses for Finance Majors2 ………. 9 hours

  • FIN 3360 Capital Budgeting & Advanced Financial Management
  • FIN 4520 Investments
  • FIN 4760 Modern Financial Intermediaries & Risk Management

Electives for Finance Majors2  …………. 12 hours

Any 3000- or 4000-level ACCT, BUSA, ECON, FIN, HCAD, IB, MGNT, or MKTG courses not required or selected above. At least 6 hours must be FIN 4000-level courses. 

Business Electives2 ……… 9 hours

Any 3000-level or 4000-level business courses not selected above or MBA or MACC courses.4 

General Electives ….. 9 hours

Electives may be undergraduate and/or graduate business and/or non-business courses.4 
 

If ECON 2105 is taken in area E, the grade must be a “C” or better. 

2 The grade in each of these courses must be a “C” or better. 

3 If ECON 2105 is not taken in Area E, it must be taken as a General Elective, and the grade must be a “C” or better. If PERS 2799 Personal Finance is not taken in Area B, it must be taken as a General Elective. 

4 No more than 9 hours of MBA and/or MACC courses may be counted toward the major.