Finance Major
The finance curriculum is designed to develop the student's finance knowledge and skills for professional positions in financial institutions, corporations, governmental and nonprofit institutions. These facilities include commercial and savings banks, brokerage firms, investment banking institutions, insurance companies and the finance departments of corporations and governments.
All finance students must complete the following courses to earn their degree.
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM (54-56 credits)COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CORE CURRICULUM (24 credits + 12 required supporting credits)AC101 Financial Accounting and Reporting
AC105 Managerial Accounting and Control
BU201 Organization Management
BU231 Business Law I
BU257 Business Ethics
BU272 Dynamics of Information Technology
BU301 Business Policy
FN215 Financial Management
Other Courses in Major (21 credits)FN251 Corporate Finance
FN302 Money and Financial Institutions
FN315 Investments
FN316 International Finance
MK261 Principles of Marketing
FN Finance Elective / FN390 Internship
FN Finance Elective
Required Supporting Courses
CS100 Introduction to Information Technology
EC202 Principles of Microeconomics
EC203 Principles of Macroeconomics
MA133 Elementary Statistics with Business Applications
ELECTIVES necessary to complete degree requirements, at least two of which must be non-business courses.
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