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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Finance - Major


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The B.S. in Finance will offer the student a well-rounded education central to Nazareth’s mission and will enable the student to develop skills necessary for the pursuit of a meaningful career in finance. Further, the major will remain consistent with the Mission of the School of Business and Leadership to prepare the students to become responsible leaders with the ability to contribute sustainable value for both business and society. The objective of the Finance program is to prepare students for a professional career in a variety of finance concentrations. 

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will effectively utilize various business disciplines in addressing financial problems and opportunities.
  2. Students will be able to apply the principles of corporate finance, ethics, and investment management to optimize organizational objectives.
  3. Students will demonstrate the ability to assess economic and business climate factors that impact financial performance.
  4. Students will demonstrate a high level of professional, interpersonal, presentation, visual and written communication skills.

Completion of a B.S. in Finance requires a minimum GPA of 2.7 in all coursework required for the Finance major, as well as an overall GPA of 2.7. Note - Finance majors are not able to double major in Business Leadership. Courses ECO*330, ECO*332 and FIN*430 must be taken at Nazareth.

Core Curriculum Requirements


All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures  for specific core curriculum requirements. 

Sample Program for Finance


FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall  Semester Spring Semester
ACS 101 Academic and College Success   1 ACT 210 Principles of Accounting II   3
ECO.Q 102 Principles of Microeconomics  PEQ-1 3 ECO 103 Principles of Macroeconomics   3
ENGW 101 Exposition    3 ENGW 102 Argument and Research   3
MTH.Q 113 Calculus I  PEQ-2 3 PEQ-4 3
FYS Course PEQ-3 3 PEQ-5 3
ACT 209 Principles of Accounting I   3 Health & Wellness 0
TOTAL CREDITS  16 TOTAL CREDITS 15
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
BLDR 222 Organizational Behavior   3 BLDR 218 Job Search Preparation   1
CIS 241 Spreadsheet Applications   3 MKT 216 Principles of Marketing   3
PEQ-6 3 FIN 349 Corporate Finance   3
PEQ-7 with Lab 4 PEQ-8 3
MTH 207 Elementary Statistics  or MTH 208 Statistics for Scientists   3 DEIB designated course 3
    Liberal Arts Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ACT 341 Federal Income Tax    3 BLDR 305 The Legal Environment of Business Leadership   3
ACT 343 Cost Accounting   3 FIN 355 Financial Statement Analysis Using Excel    3
ECO 330 Introduction to Investments     3 ECO 332 Investments Analysis and Valuation   3
Integrative Studies-1 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
Integrative Studies-2 3 Liberal Arts Elective (can be used as Integrative Studies-3) 3
    CME 050 Core Milestone Experience   0
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
BLDR 410 Leadership and Ethics   3 FIN 430 Financial Decision Making    3
ECO 333 Intermediate Macroeconomics   3 BLDR 420 Innovation and Entrepreneurship   3
FIN 350 Corporate Finance II   3 Elective 3
FIN 483 Finance Internship I  (Experiential Learning course) 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
FIN 301 Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning   3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Notes:

  • ​BS degree requires completion of 60 liberal arts credits.
  • Elective courses can be used toward completion of a minor.

 

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