Finance Minor/BIS

Grade Requirements: Candidates for minors must complete all prerequisite and required business and economics courses with a grade of “C” or higher. In addition, the cumulative John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics (minor) GPA must be a 2.5 or higher. The WSU grade point average must meet university requirements.
Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 36 credit hours are required for all registered students to complete the minor, including hours earned in prerequisite classes.
Program Code: 4042
CIPC: 520801

For Goddard School majors other than Business Administration and Supply Chain Management, this minor includes nine credit hours of course work beyond requirements in the major field. Business Administration and Supply Chain Management majors can complete a finance minor with six additional hours beyond the major requirements, depending on the electives chosen.

This minor is available to all students. Business students must complete the minor requirements in addition to all major requirements. All prerequisites for required courses must be satisfied.

Advisement

Advisement is strongly encouraged for all Goddard School majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics section of this catalog.

Admission Requirements

Students are admitted to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics upon declaring a degree of study within the school. To ensure progress towards the degree, students intending to pursue a Bachelor of Science, Associate of Science in Business & Economics or minors in Accounting, Economics or Finance must successfully complete BSAD 2899 or ECON 2899 .

Required Support Course (3 or 4 Hours)

MATH 1010 is a prerequisite for ECON 2010 and ECON 2020 . MATH 1050 or MATH 1090 is a prerequisite for QUAN 2600 .

MATH 1050 QL - College Algebra Credits: (4) OR
MATH 1090 QL - Business College Algebra Credits: (3)

Business Foundations (17 Hours)

The Goddard School Business Foundations courses serve as prerequisites for the finance minor required and elective classes. Although not every required or elective class has every Business Foundations class as a prerequisite, students cannot earn the finance minor without completing all the Goddard School Business Foundations courses.

ACTG 2010 - Survey of Accounting I Credits: (3)
ACTG 2020 - Survey of Accounting II Credits: (3)
BSAD 2620 - Executive Lectures/Career Development Credits: (1)
ECON 2010 SS - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
ECON 2020 SS - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
MIS 2010 - Business Computer Skills Credits: (1)
QUAN 2600 SUS - Business Statistics I Credits: (3)
BSAD 2899 - Business Foundations Check Credits: (0)

Prerequisite Course From Business Core (3 Hours)

QUAN 3610 is a prerequisite for FIN 3300 and FIN 4400 .

QUAN 3610 - Business Statistics II Credits: (3)

Required Minor Courses (9 Hours)

Students must complete the courses listed below:

FIN 3200 - Financial Management Credits: (3)
FIN 3300 - Investments Credits: (3)
FIN 3500 - Capital Budgeting Credits: (3)

Elective Minor Courses (3 Hours)

Students must also complete one course from the list below:

FIN 3350 - Financial Institutions Credits: (3)
FIN 3400 - Real Estate Principles and Practices Credits: (3)
FIN 4400 - Financial Problems - Corporate Finance Credits: (3)
FIN 4410 - Financial Problems - Investments Credits: (3)