Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
Core Competency* (0-12 hours): English, oral communication, and mathematics;
Distributive Studies* (29 hours minimum): See NIU Undergraduate Catalog for specific approved courses
Lower-Level Business Core (27-31 hours):
See Undergraduate Studies in Business for more information.
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)
Upper-Level 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 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)