Finance, B.A.

Minimum credits required: 58

Required Foundation Courses

• ECN 201 - Principles of Economics I (Micro), 3 credit hours
• ECN 202 - Principles of Economics II (Macro), 3 credit hours
• ECN 279 - Basic Statistical Methods, 3 credit hours
• ACC 245 - Bloomberg & Excel Certifications, 3 credit hours
• MTH 121 - Applied College Mathematics, 3 credit hours

Required Business Administration Courses

• ACC 211 - Intro to Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours
• ACC 212 - Intro to Managerial Accounting, 3 credit hours
• BUS 305 - Introduction to Management, 3 credit hours
• BUS 326 - Legal Environment of Organizations, 3 credit hours
• BUS 330 - Introduction to Marketing, 3 credit hours
• BUS 342 - Corporate & Organizational Finance, 3 credit hours
• BUS 358 - Business Communications, 3 credit hours
• BUS 365 - Introduction to Business Analytics, 3 credit hours
• BUS 451 - Management Strategy & Policy, 4 credit hours

Required Finance Courses

• BUS 446 - Intermediate Finance, 3 credit hours
• BUS 447 - Financial Modeling Capstone, 3 credit hours

Finance Elective Courses

Choose three of the following Finance elective courses:

• ACC 321 - Intermediate Accounting I, 4 credit hours
• BUS 341 - Behavioral Finance, 3 credit hours
• BUS 444I - International Financial Management, 3 credit hours
• BUS 445 - Principles of Investments, 3 credit hours
• BUS 465 - Risk Management in Financial Institutions, 3 credit hours
• ECN 339 - Money & Banking, 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 ACC/BUS prefix course may be counted toward the major.