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2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Finance

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(BS in Business)

Major

The finance major provides students with a basic knowledge of corporate financial management, financial institutions, investments, real estate, and insurance. Completion of the appropriate finance electives qualifies the student to sit for the Certificate in Financial Planning CFP® Examination, the examination requirement for Certified Financial Planner™ professionals. Enrollment in this major requires admission to the School of Business. See School of Business/ Programs and Policies.

The B.S.B in Finance Comprises

46 hours in general education;
36 hours in the business core;
11 elective hours, 8 of them in non-business courses.
27 hours in major courses [FIN 3720#, 3730, 3770, 3780, and 5 courses selected from the following major electives (at least 4 must have the FIN prefix) (See Below)

27 hours in major courses consists of (see number 4 above)

FIN 3720 - Investments. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 3730 - Financial Markets: Commodities, Derivatives, and Securities. Credits: 3
FIN 3770 - Working Capital Management. Credits: 3
FIN 3780 - Long-Term Financial Management. Credits: 3

And five courses selected from the following major electives (see number 4 above)

(at least four must have the FIN prefix)

ACC 3200 - Financial Accounting Theory I. Credits: 3
ACC 3300 - Management and Cost Accounting. Credits: 3
FIN 3300 - Fundamentals of Financial and Tax Planning. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 3740 - Real Estate Fundamentals. Credits: 3
FIN 3750 - Management of Financial Institutions. Credits: 3
FIN 3760 - Real Estate Investment Credits: 3
FIN 3900 - Risk and Insurance. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 4110 - Special Topics in Finance. Credits: 3
FIN 4200 - Portfolio Management. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 4220 - Applied Securities Analysis. Credits: 3
FIN 4300 - Retirement and Estate Planning. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 4400 - Financial Analysis and Planning Credits: 3
FIN 4820 - International Finance. Credits: 3
FIN 4830 - Current Issues in Finance. Credits: 3

Footnote

^#Students seeking to qualify to sit for the Certificate in Financial Planning (CFP®) examination must complete these courses.

Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study

Courses designated with an arrow (->) must be completed with a grade of C or better before admission to upper division standing in the School of Business.

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

*Based on ACT math scores, some students are exempt from MAT 1271. Those students should complete MAT 2120G during the fall semester and MAT 2110G in the spring semester of their first year and a non-business elective in the fall semester of their second year.

General Education. Credits: 3

BUS 1950 - Computer Concepts and Applications for Business. Credits: 3
(See footnote ->)
ENG 1001G - Composition and Language. Credits: 3
MAT 1271 - College Algebra. Credits: 3
(See footnote *)
SPC 1310G - Introduction to Speech Communication. Credits: 3

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

General Education. Credits: 3
General Education. Credits: 3
General Education. Credits: 3

ENG 1002G - Composition and Literature. Credits: 3
MAT 2120G - Finite Mathematics. Credits: 3
(See footnotes *, ->)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

General Education. Credits: 3

BUS 2101 - Financial Accounting. Credits: 3
(See footnote ->)
BUS 2810 - Business Statistics I. Credits: 3
(See footnote ->)
ECN 2801G - Principles of Macroeconomics. Credits: 3
MAT 2110G - Brief Calculus with Applications. Credits: 3

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

General Education. Credits: 4
Elective (non-business). Credits: 3

BUS 2102 - Managerial Accounting. Credits: 3
(See footnote ->)
BUS 2750 - Legal and Social Environment of Business. Credits: 3
ECN 2802G - Principles of Microeconomics. Credits: 3

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

General Education. Credits: 3

BUS 3010 - Management and Organizational Behavior. Credits: 3
BUS 3470 - Principles of Marketing. Credits: 3
BUS 3710 - Business Financial Management. Credits: 3
(See footnote *)
ECN 3860 - International Economics. Credits: 3

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

FIN Elective or FIN 3300. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)

BUS 3500 - Management Information Systems. Credits: 3
BUS 3950 - Operations Management. Credits: 3
FIN 3300 - Fundamentals of Financial and Tax Planning. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
or FIN Elective
FIN 3720 - Investments. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN 3730 - Financial Markets: Commodities, Derivatives, and Securities. Credits: 3

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

FIN Elective. Credits: 3
FIN Elective or FIN 3900. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
Senior Seminar. Credits: 3

FIN 3770 - Working Capital Management. Credits: 3
FIN 3780 - Long-Term Financial Management. Credits: 3
FIN 3900 - Risk and Insurance. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
or FIN Elective

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14

FIN Elective or FIN 4300. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
FIN Elective or FIN 4200. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
Elective. Credits: 3
Elective (non-business). Credits: 2

BUS 4360 - Strategy and Policy. Credits: 3
FIN 4200 - Portfolio Management. Credits: 3
or Finance Elective (See footnote #)
FIN 4300 - Retirement and Estate Planning. Credits: 3
or Finance Elective (See footnote #)

Footnotes

Courses designated with an arrow (->) must be completed with a grade of C or better before admission to upper division standing in the School of Business.

*Finance majors must complete BUS 3710 with “C” or better.

^# required for completion of the CFP®-registered program

Calculation of the major GPA is based on courses taken at EIU with the prefix BUS and FIN, plus ACC 3200 or ACC 3300 (if taken).

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