Department of Finance, Bloomsburg University
Advisor:
Graduation Requirements for the BSBA with Specialization in Finance
Last name
First name
ID Number
General Education Points Earned
Gen. Educ. Courses
Number
1
Cr Semester Grade Comm
2
Info
3
4
5
6
Quant Divers NatSc SocSc
7
Hum
8
9
Lang Health
10
Citz
Business Core Courses
Number
Cr
English Composition I
ENGL 101
3
Financial Acctg
ACCT 220
3
Business Commo
Public Speaking
BUSED 333
CMST 103
3
3
Managerial Acctg
Info Tech Systems
ACCT 223
ITM 175
3
3
Prin of Economics I
Prin of Economics II
ECON 121
ECON 122
3
3
Principles of Mgmt
Business Policies
MGT 244
MGT 481
3
3
Business & Econ Math
OR Essentials Calculus
OR Calculus I
ECON 156
Intro to Corp Finance
FIN 313
3
MATH 123
MATH 125
3
Marketing Prin & Pract
Law & Legal Envir
MKT 310
LAW 331
3
3
Bus & Econ Statistics
ECON 256
3
Total Credits
Matrix Algebra
MATH 118
3
Intro to Business
BUSED 101
3
Semester
Grade
Semester
Grade
24
Finance Specialization
Number
Cr
Fin Markets & Inst
FIN 323
3
Investment Mgmt
FIN 343
3
International Finance
FIN 413
3
Advanced Corp Finance
FIN 454
3
Finance Elective
FIN ____
3
Finance Elective*
FIN ____
3
Intermediate Acctg I
Total Credits
ACCT 321
3
21
* Students who entered the university in spring 2013 or afterward must take two finance electives.
Electives in Business
Number
Cr
Semester
Grade
3
3
3
3
12
Total Credits
CoB Professional
Development Program
Record the semester when
completed
Total General Education Points
Sem
InterBus 102
InterBus 201
InterBus 202
InterBus 301
InterBus 302
InterBus 401
InterBus 402
Total Disciplines
General Education Points Required
Disciplines Required
7
3
2
1
5
2
5
2
5
2
5
2
5
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
Sem
InterBus 101
Total credits required for the degree: 120
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advisement: See your advisor regularly, at least once each semester during the advisement/scheduling
period. Also, refer to the university catalog and other information on the Registrar’s website.
Standards: To meet graduation requirements, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better is required for two groups of
courses: (1) courses that make up the major and (2) overall. Courses that make up the major include the business
core courses, finance specialization courses, and electives in business. Thirty (30) of the final 60 credits must be
taken at BU. Sixty of the 120 credits required for graduation must be earned at a 4-year college or university.
University Course Withdrawal Policy: There is no limit on the number of courses from which a student may
withdraw.
University Course Repeat Policy: A maximum of six course repeats is permitted. The initial grade and all
subsequent grades for a repeated course remain on the transcript and are a part of the student’s permanent record.
The most recent grade will be the grade used for GPA calculation. An individual course may be repeated multiple
times. However, each repeat of the same course counts as one of the six permitted repeats and an individual course
may not be repeated more than three times.
University Pass/Fail Policy: A maximum of two free elective courses may be taken on a pass/fail basis. No
College of Business course can be taken on a pass/fail basis.
40% Rule: 40% (48 credits) or 16 courses of the 120 total credits required for a degree must be at the 300 or 400
level. The only exception is that Principles of Accounting II may count as one of these courses if you take
Principles of Accounting I and II in lieu of Financial Accounting.
Electives in Business: Any course offered with a prefix of BSED, ACCT, MIS, MGMT, ITM, FIN, MKTG, or
LAW other than the core courses, can be a business elective for business majors in any department including
Finance with one exception: BSED 101 Introduction to Business has been approved as a Group B – Social Science
course. It is primarily intended for non-business majors, and it may not be taken by business majors once they have
completed six or more credits in other business subjects.
BSED 333 & ACCT 321 – Required of majors who entered BU as freshmen in the fall 2007 or thereafter.
FIN 120, Personal Finance Decisions, has been approved as a general education course and may be taken for that
purpose by business majors only if they have not yet completed six credits in other business courses. It is not a
business elective course.
FIN 432, Internship in Finance, may not be used to meet the required minimum of 18 credit hours for the
Specialized Requirements for a major in Finance. It can be a business elective.
When selecting elective courses, be sure you have taken the proper prerequisites. Also, once you have taken a
course in a subject, do not take a similar course below that level: e.g., once you take Calculus, don’t then enroll in
Pre-Calculus. This is a waste of scarce resources.
Note: “It is the responsibility of the student to know and observe the academic policy and regulations of the
university, to confine registration to courses for which the prerequisites have been satisfied, and to meet the
requirements for graduation.” (BU Catalog, Academic Policies, Practices and Services)
Revision Date: July 10, 2012