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Finance Four-Year Completion Plan

The following is an example only.  Please contact an advisor to develop your personal degree completion plan.

Notes:

English, Math Placement and Computer Literacy Exams should be completed prior to first semester.

*Students may place below ENG 1020 and above or below MAT 1500, depending on placement results. Please call 313-577-3400 or click here to schedule the placement exam.

All students are required to have a minimum 2.50 grade point average and 54 semester hours completed to enroll in 3000 level or higher business school core and major courses.

First Semester (15 credits) Second Semester (16 credits)
Freshman Year
BA 1010 (CT):
Critical Thinking for Consumer Decisions  (3cr)
- Fulfills Critical Thinking requirement
ECO 2020 (SS):
Principles of Macroeconomics (3-4cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
BA 2020:
Introduction to Business (3cr)

* ENG 1020 (BC):
Introduction to College Writing (4cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
- Fulfills Basic Composition Competency requirement

COM 1010 :
Oral Communication (3cr)

- Fulfills Oral Communication Competency requirement

* MAT 1500:
College Algebra for the Social & Management Sciences (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
ECO 2010 (SS):
Principles of Microeconomics (3-4cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
- Fulfills Social Sciences Requirement
MGT 2530:
Management of Organizational Behavior (3cr)
PSY 1010 or 1020 (LS):
Introduction to Psychology (3-4cr)
-Fulfills Life Science Requirement
PHI 1120 (PL):
Professional Ethics (3cr)
- Fulfills Philosophy and Letters requirement

Spring / Summer Semester: Catch up on missed classes

Third Semester (15 credits) Fourth Semester (15 credits)
Sophomore Year
ACC 3010:
Introduction to Financial Accounting (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
ACC 3020:
Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade

BA 2300:
Quantitative Methods I: Probability & Statistics (3cr)

- min 2.0/C grade

COM 3300  (WI):
Business & Professional Presentations (3cr)

- Fulfills Writing Intensive Competency requirement

ENG 3010 (IC):
Intermediate Writing (3cr)

- min 2.0/C grade
- Fulfills Intermediate Composition Competency requirement
FIN 3290:
Business Finance (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
And select ONE of the following courses:
- Each fulfills Historical Studies requirement
 
HIS 1400 (HS):
The World Since 1945 (3cr)
 
HIS 1995 (HS):
Society & Economic Transition (3cr)
 
GSC3600: 
Operations and Supply Chain Management (3cr)
And select ONE of the following courses:
- Each fulfills Visual and Performing Arts requirement
 
ENG 2450 (VP):
Introduction to Film (4cr)
 
DNC 2000 (VP):
Introduction to World Dance (4cr)
 
MUH 1340 (VP):
Mucic Appreciation: World Music (3cr)
MKT 2300:
Marketing Management (3cr)

Spring / Summer Semester: Catch up on missed classes

Fifth Semester (15 credits) Sixth Semester (16 credits)
Junior Year
ACC 5000:
Financial Accounting for Managers (3cr)

FIN 5215:
Security Analysis & Portfolio Management (3cr)

BA 3400:
Quantitative Methods II: Statistical Methods (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
FIN Major Elective:
(See Plan of Work)(3cr)
BLW 2510:
Business Law (3cr)
Elective (3cr)
ISM 3630:
Business Information Systems (3cr)
Elective (3cr)
And select ONE of the following courses:
- Each fulfills American Society and Institutions requirement

PS 1010 (AI):
American Government (3-4cr)
 
PS 1030 (AI):
The American Governmental System (3cr)
 
HIS 1050 (AI):
American Civilizations Since WWII (3cr)
And select ONE of the following courses:
- Each fulfills Physical Science requirement
** Must be taken with lab if PSY 1020 taken for Life Science

AST 2010 & 2011 (PS):
Descriptive Anatomy (4cr)
 
CHM 1000 (PS):
Chemistry and Your World (4cr)
 
PHY 1020 (PS):
Conceptual Physics: The Basic Science (4cr)
 
GEL 1010 (PS):
Geology: The Science of the Earth (4cr)

Spring / Summer Semester: Catch up on missed classes

Seventh Semester (15 credits) Eighth Semester (15 credits)
Senior Year
ANT 3150 (FC):
Anthropology of  Business (3cr)
- Fulfills Foreign Culture requirement

FIN 6996:
Corporate Financial Strategies (3cr)

FIN 5270:
Advanced Business Finance (3cr)
- min 2.0/C grade
 

MGT 6890:
Strategic Management & Business Policy (3cr)

FIN Major Elective:
See Plan of Work (3cr)
Elective (3cr)
Elective (3cr) Elective (3cr)
Elective (3cr) Elective (3cr)

Minimum 122 semester hours required for degree