The corporate finance degree covers areas of finance that are in high demand in today’s business environment. As more and more companies in our area expand into the global marketplace, additional requirements and skill sets will be needed from corporate finance professionals. Even more significantly for our program, there will be an increasing demand for graduates with the knowledge and skills highlighted in this program.

The successful corporate finance professional is an individual with the knowledge and skills to add great wealth and value to the employer. The importance of the financial manager has increased significantly in the last two decades.

Graduates from our corporate finance program will have a variety of job opportunities available to them. Those job opportunities may lead to positions of increasing responsibility within the corporate finance function.

Suggested Course Sequence

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First Semester		Credit Hours
BUS101	Business Student Success Seminar	1
ENG124	College Composition †	3
BUS121	Business Administration	4
BCA120	Business Computer Applications ***	4
BUS123	Business Mathematics	4
ACC132	Financial Accounting *	4
		20
Second Semester
ENG230	Business Communication	3
ACC127	Quantitative Business Statistics	4
ACC133	Managerial Accounting	4
MGT121	Principles of Management	3
	Social Sciences Elective **	3
		17
Third Semester
COM121	Effective Speaking	3
BUS221	Microeconomics	3
ACC130	Business Law and Ethics	3
ACC228	Business Taxation	4
ACC238	Financial Statement Analysis	4
		17
Fourth Semester
ACC237	Fraud Examination	4
BUS222	Macroeconomics	3
FIN224	Risk Management	4
FIN227	Money and Banking	4
FIN220	Business Finance	4
		19
	TOTAL CREDITS	73

† Based on SSC placement score
* May elect to take ACC121 as an introduction to accounting prior to taking this course.
** Select from PSY121, PSY124, SOC121, SOC122, SOC225
*** Successful completion of AOT102, AOT104, AOT105 and AOT106 is equivalent to and may be substituted for BCA120.