General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) [Credit Hours: 42]

Additional Requirements [Credit Hours: 4]

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major [Credit Hours: 18]

• ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I (3 Credit Hours)
• ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 1105 - Introduction to Business (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 2530 - Advanced Business Applications (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours) (if taken in Area E, substitute LSTD 2106 )
• ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)

Specific Requirements Beyond Areas A1-F [Credit Hours: 24-30]

• BUSA 3131 - Foundations of Business Analytics I (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 3132 - Foundations of Business Analytics II (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 4131 - Strategic Management (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 3131 - Management Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3131 - Principles of Corporate Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• LSTD 2106 - Legal Environment of Business (3 Credit Hours) (if ECON 2105  taken in Area E, then substitute into Area F)
• MATH 1232 - Survey of Calculus (3 Credit Hours) (if not taken in Area A-E)
• MGNT 3130 - Principles of Management (3 Credit Hours)
• MKTG 3131 - Principles of Marketing (3 Credit Hours)
• OSCM 3430 - Operations and Supply Management (3 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements [Credit Hours: 12]

• FINC 3231 - Investments (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3132 - Intermediate Financial Management (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3531 - Principles of Risk and Insurance (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4231 - Personal Financial Planning (3 Credit Hours)

Select four of the following [Credit Hours: 12]

• FINC 3130 - Financial Tools and Methods (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3133 - International Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3134 - Enterprise Risk Management (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 3331 - Financial Institutions (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4170 - Financial Derivatives (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4232 - Security Analysis (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4233 - Estate Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4234 - Personal Insurance Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4331 - Bank Management (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4332 - Current Topics in Banking and Financial Markets (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4333 - Commercial Bank Lending (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4431 - Principles of Real Estate (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4433 - Real Estate Appraisal (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4435 - Real Estate Finance and Investments (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4532 - Life, Health and Retirement Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4534 - Commercial Risk Management and Insurance (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4535 - Insurance Industry Operations (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4536 - Financial Certifications (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4631 - Eagles on Wall Street (3 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4790 - Internship in Finance (3-9 Credit Hours)
• FINC 4830 - Special Problems in Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• FTA 4001 - Foundations of FinTech
• FTA 4002 - Financial Technologies
• FTA 4003 - Commercial Banking in FinTech
• FTA 4005 - Introduction to Financial Data Analytics
• FTA 4100 - Introduction to Information Security for FinTech

Electives [Credit Hours: 6-12]

Select 6 credit hours of Electives (should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor) unless ECON 2105  and/or MATH 1232  used to meet requirements in Area A-E in which case students will take up to 12 credit hours of electives

A maximum of 6 credit hours of experiential learning (e.g., Internship, Eagles on Wall Street, and Business Abroad) may count toward major elective credits.

A maximum of 3 credit hours of FinTech Academy (FTA) courses may count toward major elective credits.

Total Credit Hours: 124

Honors in Finance

To graduate with Honors in Finance, a student must:

• be admitted to the Honors College;
• successfully complete Research Seminar (BUSA 3610 ) and Business Seminar (BUSA 3620 ) ;¹
• successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
• be in good standing in the Honors College at the time of graduation.

Honors students in the Parker College of Business are strongly encouraged to take Introduction to Business (BUSA 1105 ), Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 2105 ), Principles of Accounting I (ACCT 2101 ), Principles of Accounting II (ACCT 2102 ), Legal Environment of Business (LSTD 2106 ), and Advanced Business Applications (CISM 2530 ).

¹ Note: BUSA 3610  and BUSA 3620  together count toward a business degree program as 3 hours of free elective credit, meaning that business honors students have 3 hours less of free elective credit towards their degree than non-honors business students.

² The program will be offered on the following campus(es): Statesboro. This program will not be offered on the following campus(es): Armstrong, Liberty.

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