FINANCE

SPECIAL NOTE REFLECTING OUR ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR MAJOR, ADDED IN MARCH 2006:

WE NEWLY RECOMMEND THAT ALL STUDENTS TAKE FINC 311 IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR; PRE-REQUISITES HAVE BEEN NEWLY ADJUSTED TO ALLOW THIS.

ALSO PLEASE DEFINITELY DO REGISTER FOR COMM 212 AS A SOPHOMORE---SECTIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

The Bachelor of Science degree in Finance is designed to prepare students for eventual leadership at all levels of financial management in our society.  Students majoring in finance combine a broad-based background in the humanities and social/behavioral sciences with courses in accounting, business, finance and economics.  This combination provides the necessary background so they may assume positions of leadership and responsibility in banking and financial services related industry.

The following represents the suggested sequence of required courses and electives during the first two years:

First Semester                                               Credits    Second Semester                                       Credits

                                                       FRESHMAN YEAR

Microeconomics, ECON 151*                               3      Social/Behavior Science Elective                3

Calculus I, MATH 221*                                        3      Critical Reading/Writing, ENGL 110*         3

Humanities Elective                                              3      Macroeconomics, ECON 152*                   3

Social/Behavior Science Elective                           3      Humanities Elective                                   3

Natural Science                                                    3      Natural Science with Lab                           4

Freshman Experience- UNIV 101**                      1                                                                     16

                                                                          16  

                                                   SOPHOMORE YEAR

ACCT I (Financial), ACCT 207*                           3      ACCT II (Managerial), ACCT 208*           3

Statistics I, MATH 201*                                       3      Statistics II, MATH 202*                           3

Bus Info Sys I, ACCT 160                                    3      Bus Info Sys II, ACCT 261                       3

Humanities Electives                                            3      Principles of Finance, FINC 311*                3

Social/Behavior Science Elective                           3      Oral Communications, COMM 212             3

                                                                          15                                                                     15

* Students are required to earn a grade of at least a “C-“ to receive credit for graduation in courses marked with an asterisk.

**Honors students satisfy the freshman experience requirement with an Honors Colloquium.  This Colloquium typically satisfies one of the Humanities or Social/Behavior Science Electives.  HESC 135 (if recommended for atheletes) also satisfies this requirement.

During the first two years, finance majors follow a format of courses similar to accounting and business majors.  During the remaining two years, finance majors specialize in their respective concentration of finance courses.

Students applying for a change of major into finance must have completed at least 28 credits at the University of Delaware including Math 221, Econ 151 and 152.  Applications are reviewed for year-round admissions and should be completed online.

For additional information, contact the Department of Finance (306 Purnell Hall @ 302-831-1015) or Mr. Timothy Detwiler, the Finance Advisor (321 Purnell Hall @302-831-6820).