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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S.B.A. in Finance, Financial Planning Concentration
Major Program Guide For B.S.B.A. in Finance
Concentration: Financial Planning
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total Hours for Degree: 120
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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Freshman Year | |||||||
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Fall |
Spring | ||||||
| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 | ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| C5 | Physical & Biological Sciences | 3 | CMHC | 201 | Introduction to Speech Communication | 3 | |
| 190 | First Year Seminar | 3 | MATH | 135 | Statistics | 3 | |
| HEAL/HSCC | 111, 123 or 101 | Wellness | 3 | C5 | Physical & Biological Sciences | 3 | |
| P1* | Social Sciences | 3 | P3* | History | 3 | ||
| * One of the “Perspective” courses must be upper level (the schedule identifies certain “Perspective” courses as upper level). | |||||||
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Sophomore Year | |||||||
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Fall |
Spring | ||||||
| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ACCT | 251 | Accounting Principles I | 3 | ACCT | 252 | Accounting Principles II | 3 |
| ECON | 231 | Microeconomics | 3 | ECON | 232 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CIS | 251 | Management Information Systems | 3 | LAW | 230 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| P4* | Humanities | 3 | QA | 235 | Statistics | 3 | |
| Elective | General | 3 | P5* | Fine & Performing Arts | 3 | ||
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* One of the “Perspective” courses must be upper level (the schedule identifies certain “Perspective” courses as upper level). | |||||||
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Junior Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| BA | 300 | Business Communications | 3 | FIN | 305 | Financial Management | 3 |
| FIN | 310 | Introduction to Financial Planning | 3 | QA | 305 | Quantitative Business Analysis | 3 |
| MGT | 300 | Introduction to Management | 3 | Elective | Finance | 3 | |
| MKT | 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | Elective | General | 3 | |
| P6* | World Cultures | 3 | Elective | General | 3 | ||
| * One of the “Perspective” courses must be upper level (the schedule identifies certain “Perspective” courses as upper level). | |||||||
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Senior Year | |||||||
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Spring | ||||||
| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ACCT | 355 | Introduction to Income Taxation | 3 | FIN | 335 | Financial Institutions | 3 |
| FIN | 406 | Investment Strategies | 3 | FIN | 410 | Retirement Planning | 3 |
| MGT | 306 | Behavioral Science in Organizations | 3 | FIN | 496 | Seminar in Financial Planning | 3 |
| Elective | General | 3 | MGT | 404 | Strategic Management | 3 | |
| Elective | General | 3 | Elective | General | 3 | ||
NOTES:
- Total Hours for Degree: 120
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.