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2009-10 Finance concentration requirements

The Love School of Business offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance, which is primarily administered by the Department of Finance. At least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the degree must be earned at Elon University.

The degree requires 70-78 semester hours through the following courses:

 Select one course from the following: 4 sh
MTH 116 Applied Calculus  
MTH 121 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I  
     
ECO 111 Principles of Economics 4 sh
ECO 203 Statistics for Decision Making 4 sh
ECO 301 Business Economics 4 sh
ACC 201 Principles of Financial Accounting 4 sh
ACC 212 Principles of Managerial Accounting 4 sh
CIS 211 Management Information Systems 4 sh
BUS 202 Business Communications 4 sh
BUS 221 Legal Environment of Business 2 sh
BUS 311 Principles of Marketing 4 sh
BUS 323 Principles of Management 4 sh
BUS 326 Operations Management 4 sh
BUS 465 Business Policy 4 sh
FIN 343 Principles of Finance 4 sh
     
 Select one course from the following:  0-4 sh 
LSB 382  Professional Work Experience   
LSB 381  Internship in Business   
BUS 481  Internship in Business Administration   
     
 Sixteen to twenty hours of the
finance concentration, which requires: 
16-20 sh 
 
FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance 4 sh 
FIN 421 Investment Principles 4 sh
     
 Select one course from the following: 4 sh 
FIN 418 Financial Markets and Institutions  
FIN 419 Financial Planning  
FIN 433 Derivatives  
FIN 471 Seminar: Special Topics  
     
  One 300-400 level course from the Studies of Arts and
Sciences offerings. Course chosen must be taken
in addition to the upper-level GST and Advanced
Study courses already required, and it may not count
as any other course in the student's program of study.
Advisers may assist the student in selecting an
appropriate course which should enhance the subject
matter of the student's concentration.
4 sh