Finance, B.S.

Competency Goal 1: Our learners will have strong analytical skills.

Competency Goal 2: Our learners will have strong quantitative skills.  

Competency Goal 3: Our learners will have effective communications skills.  

Competency Goal 4: Our learners will have a thorough understanding of various functional areas of business. 

Competency Goal 5: Our learners will have a multidimensional understanding of social responsibility. 

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Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Choose 4 electives from the following. At least 2 of the electives must have the FNCE prefix:

*Students who have received credit for GEOG 278, MATH 242, MATH 262, PLSC 251, PSYC 250, or SOCL 211 may use this course to fulfill the statistics requirement.

• A minimum of 50% of all required and elective ACCT, ECON, MGMT, MKTG and FNCE courses must be taken at Geneseo.

• MGMT 390 must be taken at Geneseo

• Enrollment in 300-level and 400-level School of Business courses is restricted to junior and senior majors and minors in School of Business programs.

For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2022: please select the bulletin year in which you entered the college (matriculated) at the top right of this page.

Curriculum Map 

• First Year 
  • Fall - 16 Credit Hours
    • ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 095 - Excel Tutorial Credit(s): 0
    • MGMT 100 - Introduction to Business and Economics in Society Credit(s): 3
    • WRTG 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
    • World Language 101 - Credit(s): 4 
    • Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 3 
  • Spring - 16 Credit Hours
    • ECON 112 - Introductory Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
      • Counts for Global Society: CGC
    • ACCT 102 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Credit(s): 3 
    • World Language 102 - Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: DPP - Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3 
• Second Year 
  • Fall - 16 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 103 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Credit(s): 3 
    • ECON 205 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit(s): 3
    • DANL 101 - Introduction to Data Analytics Credit(s): 3
    • PHIL 237 - Ethical Issues in Business Credit(s): 3
    • Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 4 
  • Spring - 14 Credit Hours
    • MGMT 263 - Business Law I Credit(s): 3
    • INTD 205 - Business Communications Credit(s): 3
    • MATH 213 - Applied Calculus Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: WCV - Credit(s): 4
• Third Year 
  • Fall - 15 Credit Hours
    • FNCE 311 - Managerial Finance Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 305 - Quantitative Methods Credit(s): 3 or ECON 305 - Quantitative Methods Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 300 - Organizational Behavior Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 6 
  • Spring - 15 Credit Hours
    • FNCE 313 - Investments Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE 312 - Corporate Finance Credit(s): 3
    • MKTG 331 - Marketing Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 6 
• Fourth Year
  • Fall - 13 Credit Hours
    • FNCE 414 - Financial Modeling Using Excel Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Integrated & Applied Learning - Credit(s): 3
    • Elective - Credit(s): 1 
  • Spring - 15 Credit Hours
    • MGMT 390 - Strategic Management Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 6 

Note: Variation in the order of courses is possible, depending upon prerequisites. Consult course information in the bulletin or your academic advisor to customize your eight semester plan.  

Attributes:

Sub Areas

Abbreviation	Definition
DPP	Diversity, Pluralism, Power
WCV	World Cultures & Values
CGC	Contemporary Global Challenges
CAI	Creativity & Innovation
SST	Sustainability

Learning Areas

Abbreviation	Definition
ARTS	Arts
HUMA	Humanities
SOSC	Social Science