Finance Minor

A minor in Finance is unavailable to students who are pursuing a major in Finance. The student must complete a minimum of 9 hours of prerequisite coursework and 15 hours of upper division courses as outlined below. In addition, students must meet the prerequisites listed of any class they wish to enroll in.

Minor Requirements

Prerequisite coursework (9 hrs.)

MATH 1342Statistics [TCCN: MATH 1342]

ECON 1301Introduction to Economics [TCCN: ECON 1301]

or

ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2301]

ACCT 2301Principles of Financial Accounting [TCCN: ACCT 2301]

or

ACCT 3300Accounting and Finance for Small Business and Entrepreneurs

or equivalent for ACCT 2301

Upper Division Courses (15 hours)

Upper division courses for the Finance minor include 12 hours of required courses and a minimum of 3 hours of an elective course as described below.

Required Courses (12 hrs.)

FINA 3311Principles of Finance

FINA 3315Personal Finance

FINA 3330Investments

FINA 4310Management of Financial Institutions

Minimum of one elective course (3 hrs.) chosen from the following list:

FINA 4330Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

FINA 4340Managerial Finance

FINA 4355Oil, Gas and Energy Finance

FINA 4356Financial Risk Management

FINA 4357Business Forecasting

FINA 4370Special Topics in Finance

FINA 4395Undergraduate Internship

FINA 4199-4699Independent Study