Department of Finance and Legal Studies

2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Department of Finance and Legal Studies

Chairperson: Ibrahim Affaneh

Faculty: Ames, Boldin, Chaudhry, Eastman, Gart, Ray, Troxell, Welker

Professor emeritus: Strock

Website: www.iup.edu/financelegal

Bachelor of Science–Finance

Minor–Finance

Finance Major

The Finance major, leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science, is designed to educate students who are interested in pursuing one of the many career opportunities within the areas of corporate and personal financial management, banking, insurance, other financial institutions, and investments.

The objective of the Finance program is to provide students with a broad base of knowledge, both theoretical and practical, as well as the analytical and technical skills necessary to build a successful career in an exciting and rapidly changing field.

Legal Studies

Legal Studies offers law and law-related courses with special emphasis on business applications. Legal Studies provides the student with a broad legal and ethical foundation necessary to a career in business or as preparation for pursuit of a law or law-related career.

Bachelor of Science–Finance (*)

Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section with the following specifications: Mathematics: MATH 115 Social Science: ECON 121, PSYC 101 Liberal Studies Electives: 9cr, BTED/COSC/IFMG 101, ECON 122, MATH 214, no courses with FIN prefix			55

College: Business Administration Core			33
Required Courses:
ACCT 201	Accounting Principles I	3cr
ACCT 202	Accounting Principles II	3cr
BLAW 235	Legal Environment of Business	3cr
BTST 321	Business and Interpersonal Communications	3cr
FIN 310	Fundamentals of Finance	3cr
IFMG 300	Information Systems: Theory and Practice	3cr
MGMT 310	Principles of Management	3cr
MGMT 330	Production and Operations Management	3cr
MGMT495	Business Policy	3cr
MKTG 320	Principles of Marketing	3cr
QBUS 215	Business Statistics	3cr

Major: Finance			27
Required Courses:
FIN 315	Financial Analysis Using Electronic Spreadsheets	3cr
FIN 320	Corporate Finance	3cr
FIN 324	Principles of Investments	3cr
FIN 360	Insurance and Risk Management	3cr
FIN 410	Financial Institutions and Markets	3cr
FIN 422	Seminar in Finance	3cr
Controlled Electives: Three courses from the following: ACCT 305, 421, BLAW 336, 440, FIN 350, 420, 424, 425, 481, 493, REAL 382 One course from the following: ECON 325, 334, 345, 356		9cr

Free Electives: (*)			5

Total Degree Requirements:			120

(*) Distribution Requirements: All ECOBIT majors (except those majoring in Business Education) must take a minimum of 50 percent of their degree requirements (i.e., at least 60cr) in nonbusiness coursework.

Minor–Finance (1)

(for Business Majors in the ECOBIT only)

Required Courses:			9
FIN 310	Fundamentals of Finance	3cr
FIN 320	Corporate Finance	3cr
FIN 324	Principles of Investments	3cr
Controlled Electives: Two courses from the following:			6
FIN 315	Financial Analysis Using Electronic Spreadsheets	3cr
FIN 360	Insurance and Risk Management	3cr
FIN 410	Financial Institutions and Markets	3cr
FIN 420	Investment Analysis	3cr
FIN 424	International Financial Management	3cr
REAL 382	Real Estate Fundamentals	3cr

(1) Minor course requirements must be completed with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

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