Finance, Investment Concentration, Major

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Please see the Finance Major for program description.

Program Learning Outcomes

It is expected that Finance majors upon graduation will be able to:

Use discounted cash flow (DCF) to value a proposed project
Analyze a company’s financial statements and perform ratio analysis in order to interpret its performance
Construct an optimized investment portfolio
Calculate and interpret portfolio performance measurements
Use derivatives to immunize against foreign exchange transaction risk
Evaluate an international capital budgeting project

Major Requirements (60 units)

Business Core

Required Courses

The business core and foundation courses cover the basic business topics needed for a career in business. Consistent with the direction of business today, the business core at the McLaren School of Management highlights issues related to the global business environment, diversity and ethics. Oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, and critical thinking are also stressed throughout the curriculum.

All Business majors must complete a set of business foundation and core courses, as well as the required University Core Curriculum . Students admitted to the McLaren School of Management’s Honors Program take the Honors Program core. Please see School of Management Honors Program . The required foundation courses are also used to satisfy University Core Curriculum requirements (see faculty adviser). Students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in their foundation and business core coursework.

Finance Requirements (20 units)

Required Courses (8 units)

Complete two courses from the following:

BUS 330 - Investment Analysis
BUS 331 - Intermediate Corporate Finance
BUS 430 - International Financial Management
BUS 437 - Options & Futures
Notes: Additional Required Courses taken can count towards your Finance Elective.

Investment Concentration

12 units required to satisfy the Investment Concentration.

Required Course (4 units)

For the Investment Concentration, students must be USF Finance Majors and complete the following course.

BUS 434 - Student Managed Fund

Finance Electives (8 units)

Students will complete two out of four required electives listed below:

Degree Planner

First-Year

Fall	Units
Rhetoric and Composition	4
Core E: ECON 110 - Introductory Economics	4
BUS 100 - Launch into Business	2
Total Semester Units	10
Spring	Units
Core A2: Rhetoric and Composition	4
BUS 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting	4
Core	4
Elective	4
Total Semester Units	16

Sophomore Year

Fall	Units
BUS 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting	2
BUS 204 - Foundations of Analytics	4
Core with Cultural Diversity (CD)	4
Elective	4
Total Semester Units	14
Spring	Units
BUS 205 - AI and Emerging Technologies	2
BUS 302 - Marketing Principles	4
BUS 304 - Foundations of Organizational Behavior	4
BUS 305 - Principles of Finance	4
Total Semester Units	14

Junior Year

Fall	Units
BUS 301 - Business Law	4
BUS 308 - Systems in Organizations ;	2
Upper-Division Major	4
Core	4
Total Semester Units	14
Spring	Units
Upper-Division Major	4
Upper-Division Major	4
Core with Community-Engaged Learning (CEL)	4
Core	4
Total Semester Units	16

Senior Year

Fall	Units
Upper-Division Major	4
Upper-Division Major	4
Core	4
Elective	4
Total Semester Units	16
Spring	Units
BUS 403 - Entrepreneurial Strategy	4
Core	4
Core	4
Total Semester Units	12

*This information is subject to change, the degree planner is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information.