Finance, B.A.

Required Foundation Courses

• MTH 120 /121 - Applied College Mathematics  or higher
• ECN 201 - Principles of Economics I (Micro), 3 credit hours
• ECN 202 - Principles of Economics II (Macro), 3 credit hours
• ACC 245 - Bloomberg & Excel Certifications, 3 credit hours *

Statistics: (Choose One)

• MTH 105 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 3 credit hours
• MTH 108 - Biostatistics, 3 credit hours
• MTH 235 - Probability & Statistics for Scientists & Engineers, 3 credit hours
• PSY 278 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours
• ECN 279 - Basic Statistical Methods, 3 credit hours
• FNC 280 - Applied Financial Statistics, 3 credit hours *

Required Business Courses

• ACC 211 - Intro to Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours
• ACC 212 - Intro to Managerial Accounting, 3 credit hours
• MGT 205 - Introduction to Management, 3 credit hours
• MKT 230 - Introduction to Marketing, 3 credit hours
• BUS 326 - Legal Environment of Organizations, 3 credit hours
• FNC 342 - Corporate & Organizational Finance, 3 credit hours
• BUS 358 - Business Communications, 3 credit hours
• BUS 365 - Business Analytics, 3 credit hours
• BUS 451 - Management Strategy & Policy, 4 credit hours

Required Finance Courses

• FNC 445 - Principles of Investments, 3 credit hours
• FNC 446 - Intermediate Finance, 3 credit hours
• FNC 488 - Financial Modeling Capstone, 3 credit hours

Finance Elective Courses

Choose two of the following Finance elective courses:

• FNC 441 - Behavioral Finance, 3 credit hours
• FNC 444I - International Financial Management, 3 credit hours
• FNC 455 - Portfolio Analysis and Management, 3 credit hours
• FNC 464 - Real Estate Finance & Investments, 3 credit hours
• FNC 465 - Risk Management in Financial Institutions, 3 credit hours
• FNC 485 - Empirical Methods in Finance, 3 credit hours

Additional Requirements

Students majoring in Finance must also meet these requirements:

1. At least six (6) courses at the 300-400 level must be completed in the School of Business at Baldwin Wallace University.
2. Students planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to take calculus.
3. A maximum of 4 semester hours of a D grade in a required Business prefix course may be counted toward the major.

Residency Note:

*ACC 245  & FNC 280  must be taken at BW. Two upper level finance electives, that are not from the list of required Finance Major courses, may transfer. Any other upper level finance electives will be evaluated for equivalency into the required Undergraduate Finance Major curriculum. No transfer course if taken outside a 5 year window from semester start or not meeting minimum grade requirements will be accepted. Petitions for exception to this policy must be made to the Finance Program Director.