Finance
Major
The finance major provides students with a basic knowledge of corporate financial management, financial institutions, investments, real estate, and insurance. Completion of the appropriate finance electives qualifies the student to sit for the Certificate in Financial Planning CFP® Examination, the examination requirement for Certified Financial Planner™ professionals. Enrollment in this major requires admission to the School of Business. See School of Business/ Programs and Policies.
The B.S.B in Finance Comprises
- 46 hours in general education;
- 36 hours in the business core;
- 11 elective hours, 8 of them in non-business courses.
- 27 hours in major courses [FIN 3720#, 3730, 3770, 3780, and 5 courses selected from the following major electives (at least 4 must have the FIN prefix) (See Below)
27 hours in major courses consists of (see number 4 above)
(See footnote #)
And five courses selected from the following major electives (see number 4 above)
(at least four must have the FIN prefix)
(See footnote #)
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Footnote
Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study
Courses designated with an arrow (->) must be completed with a grade of C or better before admission to upper division standing in the School of Business.
First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
*Based on ACT math scores, some students are exempt from MAT 1271. Those students should complete MAT 2120G during the fall semester and MAT 2110G in the spring semester of their first year and a non-business elective in the fall semester of their second year.
- General Education. Credits: 3
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(See footnote *)
First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15
*Based on ACT math scores, some students are exempt from MAT 1271. Those students should complete MAT 2120G during the fall semester and MAT 2110G in the spring semester of their first year and a non-business elective in the fall semester of their second year.
- General Education. Credits: 3
- General Education. Credits: 3
- General Education. Credits: 3
(See footnotes *, ->)
Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
- General Education. Credits: 3
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Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16
- General Education. Credits: 4
- Elective (non-business). Credits: 3
(See footnote ->)
Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
- General Education. Credits: 3
(See footnote *)
Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15
- FIN Elective or FIN 3300. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
(See footnote #)
or FIN Elective
(See footnote #)
Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
- FIN Elective. Credits: 3
- FIN Elective or FIN 3900. Credits: 3
(See footnote #) - Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
(See footnote #)
or FIN Elective
Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14
- FIN Elective or FIN 4300. Credits: 3
(See footnote #) - FIN Elective or FIN 4200. Credits: 3
(See footnote #) - Elective. Credits: 3
- Elective (non-business). Credits: 2
or Finance Elective (See footnote #)
or Finance Elective (See footnote #)
Footnotes
Courses designated with an arrow (->) must be completed with a grade of C or better before admission to upper division standing in the School of Business.
*Finance majors must complete BUS 3710 with “C” or better.
# required for completion of the CFP®-registered program
Calculation of the major GPA is based on courses taken at EIU with the prefix BUS and FIN, plus ACC 3200 or ACC 3300 (if taken).
Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.