College of Business & Economics

Department of Finance

Degree Requirements

The major in business administration with the finance concentration requires a minimum of 120 units with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher. The program consists of 21 units of lower-level required courses, 33 units of upper-level required courses and 21 units of finance courses in the concentration, as well as the Towson University Core Curriculum courses.

These requirements are for catalog year 2012-2013. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to view requirements. You may also refer to the correct advising forms for your catalog year.

Lower-level Required Courses (21-22 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ACCT 201 or ACCT 211	Principles of Financial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 or ACCT 212	Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 201 or ECON 203	Microeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Microeconomics Principles (3)
ECON 202 or ECON 204	Macroeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomics Principles (3)
LEGL 225	Legal Environment of Business (3)
MATH 211 or MATH 273	Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4)
ECON 205 or MATH 231 or 233	Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Basic Statistics (3) or Honors Basic Statistics (3)
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70 percent or higher.

Upper-level Required Courses (33 units)

Course Number	Course Name
BUSX 301	Business Cornerstone (3) Note: University Core- Advanced writing course is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
BUSX 460	Professional Experience (3) Note: Requires approved internship
EBTM 306	Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337	Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311	Principles of e-Business (3)
EBTM 365	Principles of Operations Management (3)
FIN 331	Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341	Principles of Marketing (3)
MNGT 361	Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481	Business Strategy and Policy (3)
MNGT 482	Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)

Note: All accounting, business administration, and e-business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge (PDF) in the capstone course, Business Strategy (MNGT 481).

Finance Concentration (21 units)

Course Number	Course Name
FIN 350	Financial Modeling in Corporate Finance (3)
FIN 351	Advanced Corporate Finance (3)
FIN 333	Investments and Equity Security Analysis (3)
FIN 423	Investments and Fixed Income Security Analysis (3)
FIN 430	Financial Institutions and Management of Risk (3)
FIN 435	International Finance (3)
FIN 439	Financial Policy (3)