School of Business

Curricula

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

For an overview of a particular course, click on its title. The Course Descriptions page lists all business courses. For one possible breakdown of the accounting major by semester, see the Plan of Study.

 

 Requirements   Credits 
   
 Finance 

30 

      FIN 301. Corporation Finance 
      FIN 312. Econometrics for Finance 
      FIN 321. Money and Banking 
      FIN 322. Financial Institutions and Markets 
      FIN 401. Advanced Corporate Finance 
      FIN 402. Problems in Finance (capstone)
      FIN 421. Investments 
      ACCT 361. Intermediate Financial Reporting I 
      Finance Electives*

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
   
 Other Business Courses 

27 

      ACCT 201. Introduction to Financial Accounting
      ACCT 202. Introduction to Managerial Accounting
      BLX 210. Business Law I
      QMX 212. Statistical Applications for Business
      MSC 301. Management and Organizational Behavior
      MKT 301. Principles of Marketing
      BIS 310. Business Information Systems
      MSC 306. Production and Operations Management
      MSC 413. Business Policy 

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
   
 Non-business Courses 

 60 

 Economics
      ECO 101. Microeconomic Principles
      ECO 102. Macroeconomic Principles 

 
3
3
 Quantitative Reasoning
      MATH 121. Finite Mathematics for Management & Social Sciences**
      MATH 122. Calculus for Management & Social Sciences**
      QMX 211. Introduction to Statistics 

 
3
3
3
 Technology
      IT 120. Introduction to Computers 

 
3

 Clare College (Core Curriculum at St. Bonaventure) †
      CLAR 101. The Intellectual Journey
      CLAR 110. Composition and Critical Thinking I 
      CLAR 111. Composition and Critical Thinking II
      Core Area Courses:
           CLAR 103. Foundations of the Western World
           CLAR 105. Inquiry in the Social World
           CLAR 206. Foundational Religious Texts of the Western World
           CLAR 207. The Catholic-Franciscan Heritage
           CLAR 208. World Views
           CLAR 209. Arts and Literature
           CLAR 302 & CLRL 302. Inquiry in the Natural World
           CLAR 304. The Good Life
      CLAR 401. The University Forum 

 
3
3
3
 
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
 Non-business Electives 

6
   
 General Electives 

3 
   
 Total 

120 

 

* Finance major electives: Two courses or at least six credit hours required among FIN 333, FIN 410, FIN 422, FIN 461, FIN 498, FIN 499, ACCT 308, ACCT 362, ACCT 420, ECO 313, ECO 314.
** May substitute MATH 151 for MATH 121 and 121. The remaining credits must be from non-business courses.
†

The Clare College curriculum also includes a three-credit quantitative reasoning requirement. Finance majors satisfy this requirement by passing any of the courses listed in the above table under Quantitative Reasoning.