Degree Requirements
2008-2009 NIU Undergraduate Catalog
General Education Requirements
Core Competency* (0-12 hours): English, oral communication, and mathematics
Distributive Studies* (29 hours minimum):
| Humanities: | 9-12 hours |
| Sciences: | 7-11 hours |
| Social Sciences: | 9 hours (PSYC 102, ECON 260 & 261) |
| Interdisciplinary: | 3-6 hours |
See NIU Undergraduate Catalog for specific approved courses
LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
Lower-level Business Core (27-31 hours):
- ACCY 206, Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
- ACCY 207, Introduction to Cost Management (3)
- MGMT 217, Legal Environment of Business (3)
- UBUS 223, Introduction to Business Statistics (3)
- ECON 260, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
- ECON 261, Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
- ENGL 104, Rhetoric and Composition II (3)
- OR ENGL 105, Rhetoric and Composition (3)
- OR pass the English Core Competency II Exam (0)
- MATH 211, Calculus for Business and Social Science (3)
- OR MATH 229, Calculus I (4)
- PSYC 102, Introduction to Psychology (3)
- Choose ONE COURSE from the following (3):
- ANTH 120, Anthropology and Human Diversity
- GEOG 202, World Regional Geography
- GEOG 204, Geography of Economic Activities
- HIST 171, The World Since 1500
- PHIL 170, World Religions
- PHIL 231, Contemporary Moral Issues
- POLS 260, Introduction to Comparative Politics
- SOCI 170, Introduction to Sociology
- WOMS 235, Women Across Cultures and Centuries
UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
Upper-level Business Core (18):
- UBUS 310, Business Core: Lecture (9)
- UBUS 311, Business Core: Applications (3)
- OMIS 351, Information Systems in Organizations (3)
- MGMT 468, Strategic Management (3)
Requirements in Finance (19):
- FINA 330, Corporate Finance (3)
- FINA 340, Investments (3)
- FINA 350, Financial Markets & Institutions (3)
- FINA 395, Career Planning in Finance (1)
- Coursework from the following (9):
- FINA 430, Treasury & Credit Management (3)
- FINA 440, Security Analysis & Portfolio Management (3)
- FINA 445, Securities Analysis Practicum (1)
- FINA 446, Portfolio Management Practicum (1)
- FINA 450, Commercial Bank Management (3)
- FINA 455, Analysis of Derivative Securities (3)
- FINA 460, Analysis of Fixed Income Securities (3)
- FINA 465, Internal Review for Financial Institutions (3)
- FINA 470, International Finance (3)
- FINA 475, Financial Data Analysis (3)
- FINA 485, Financial Process & Policy (3)
- FINA 490, Finance Research Seminar (3)
Requirements outside Finance (6):
- ACCY 306, Financial Accounting Information for Business Decisions (3)
- ACCY 307, Managerial Accounting information for Decisions & Control (3)
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