Business Administration: Finance: Business Finance, B.S.

General Education

(see Certified General Education Courses for list of approved courses)

Rhetoric and Writing: (6 hours)

Two approved courses in rhetoric and writing

Fine Arts and Humanities: (12 hours)

Complete one approved course in each subcategory

Historical Understanding (3 hours)

Literature (3 hours)

Thought, Values and Beliefs (3 hours)

Visual and Performing Arts (3 hours)

Natural Sciences: (7-8 hours)

Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component

Behavioral and Social Sciences: (6 hours)

Mathematics: (3 hours)

MATH 1130 - College Algebra *

Statistics: (3 hours)

MGT 2110 - Statistical Methods for Business I *

Non-Western Culture: (3 hours)

One approved non-western culture course

Program Requirements

ECON 1010 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics #
ECON 1020 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics #
ANTH 1000 - Mysteries of the Human Journey # or
POLS 1010 - American Government # or
PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology # or
SOC 1510 - Introduction to Sociology #
MGT 1000 - Computers In Business
MATH 1130 - College Algebra #
MATH 1830 - Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences
(if exempted from MATH 1130, student must take MATH 1830)
THSP 1090 - Public Speaking
MGT 3100 - Business Communication or
ENGL 2880 - Professional Writing
ACC 4080 - Accounting Information Systems or
MGT 3600 - Management Information Systems

31 hours from the College of Business including:

Business Finance Requirements:

21 hours including:

FIN 3180 - Financial Institutions
FIN 3200 - Intermediate Financial Management
FIN 3210 - Investments I
FIN 4030 - Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 4120 - International Finance
FIN 4210 - Investments II
FIN 4230 - Financial Management
Students who are pursuing a double concentration in both accounting and finance may substitute one of the required accounting courses for either Finance 3180, 4120, 4210 or 4230. The required Accounting courses are 3000, 3010, 3050, 3070, 4010 and 4050.

3 hours chosen from:

Any 3000 or 4000 level Accounting or Finance course

6 hours chosen from:

FIN 3900r - Experiential Learning: Academic Internship Program or
BUS 3900r - Experiential Learning: Academic Internship Program
(Only 3 credit hours in FIN 3900r or BUS 3900r may be used to satisfy program requirements.)
Any 3000 or 4000 level courses in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management or Marketing

Additional Information and Notes

2.0 GPA in all required major and related courses (including specified General Education courses).

Electives to complete 120 hours.

A minimum of 54 hours of the 120 total must be taken at the 3000-4000 level.

College of Business majors must complete a minimum of 51 hours from outside the College of Business.

At least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the B.S. degree in Business Administration must be earned at UTC.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements for additional requirements.

*Also satisfies requirement in the major.

#Also satisfies general education requirement.

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