Finance/Applied Economics (4+1), BSBA/MS

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The Finance/Applied Economics 4+1 program provides an opportunity for Finance students to complete a Master’s degree in Applied Economics in as little as one additional year, gaining data analytics and programming skills that are a highly valuable complement to a finance degree.

Admission

Students may join by submitting a change of academic program form, if they fulfill the following requirements:

Sophomore status
Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
Major GPA of 3.0 or higher
Completion of 16 units of undergraduate coursework listed below. All courses must be completed with a grade of B or higher.

Required Undergraduate Courses (16 units)

In order to qualify for the 4+1 program, students majoring in Finance must first complete 16 units of undergraduate coursework as outlined here. All courses must be completed with a grade of B or higher.

Once these requirements are completed and a student has formally joined the 4+1 program, they may begin to take graduate-level courses. However, students are encouraged to complete the full 20-credit Economics Minor in order to have a stronger foundation in economics concepts before beginning graduate coursework.

Program Learning Outcomes

Please see the Finance Major and Applied Economics, MS programs.

Finance Major Requirements (68 units)

Please see the Finance Major for undergraduate requirements.

Applied Economics Major Requirements (36 units)

Please see the Applied Economics, MS program for graduate requirements.

Integrating Graduate and Undergraduate Requirements

A total of up to 18 units of coursework taken while still in undergraduate status may be counted toward the graduate program requirements. All remaining units must be taken in the final year after transitioning to graduate status.

Of the 18 units taken toward graduate requirements while in undergraduate status, up to 8 units can be double-counted toward both the undergraduate degree and the graduate degree requirements. These can be either undergraduate or graduate courses. In order for an undergraduate-level course to count toward the graduate degree, the student must receive a grade of A- or better.

400-level Economics classes may be applied as electives toward the MSAE degree and count toward the minimum of 120 semester-hours for the bachelor’s degree.

600-level (graduate) Economics courses count toward the MSAE degree requirements as indicated in the MSAE program description, and also count toward the minimum of 120 semester-hours for the bachelor-degree.

The following finance courses can be applied both toward finance major elective requirements and toward the MS-AE degree elective requirements: