FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science
in Financial Management program is designed to develop an understanding
of financial markets in the contemporary economy, the operation of financial
institutions and the financial management of business operations. The curriculum
prepares students for careers in such areas as banking, corporate financial
management, financial planning and services, insurance, and real estate.
Governments of all levels also employ finance graduates in many of their
divisions. The curriculum also provides excellent preparation for students
interested in graduate studies or law school.
The core of the curriculum
provides a broad range of subjects with an emphasis on technical and communication
skills. Students then have the flexibility to tailor courses to their own
needs by
choosing emphasis areas that will enhance career preparation in specific
areas of finance. Students who complete a specific set of courses are eligible
to sit for the certified financial planner (CFP") examination.
Freshman Year
First Semester
3 - ENGL
101 Composition I
3 - MTHSC 102
Intro. to Mathematical Analysis1
3 - Computer
Skills Requirement2
3 - Humanities
Requirement E.22
4 - Science
Requirement2
16
Second Semester
3 - ENGL
102 Composition II
3 - MTHSC 207
Multivariable Calculus1
3 - PSYCH
201 Introduction to Psychology or 3
- SOC 201 Introduction to Sociology
3 - Leadership
Requirement3
4 - Science
Requirement2
16
Sophomore Year
First Semester
3 - ECON
211 Principles of Microeconomics
3 - EX ST 301
Introductory Statistics or 3
- MTHSC 301 Stat. Theory and Methods I
3 - MGT 301 Principles
of Management
3 - International
Studies Requirement4
3 - Oral
Communication Requirement2
1 - Elective
16
Second Semester
3 - ACCT
201 Financial Accounting Concepts I
1 - ACCT 204
Accounting Procedures
3 - ECON 212
Principles of Macroeconomics
3 - MA SC 310
Intermediate Business Statistics
3 - Humanities
Requirement E.12
3 - International
Studies Requirement4
16
Junior Year
First Semester
3 - ACCT
301 Intermediate Accounting I
3 - CP SC 220
Microcomputer Applications
3 - FIN 307 Principles
of Real Estate
3 - FIN 311 Financial
Management I
3 - Writing Intensive
Requirement2
15
Second Semester
3 - ACCT
302 Intermediate Accounting II
3 - FIN 305 Investment
Analysis
3 - FIN 308 Financial
Institutions and Markets
3 - FIN 312 Financial
Management II
3 - MKT 301 Principles
of Marketing
3 - Elective
18
Senior Year
First Semester
3 - ACCT
303 Cost Accounting
3 - LAW 312 Commercial
Law
9 - Emphasis
Area5
15
Second Semester
3 - MGT 415
Business Strategy
6 - Emphasis
Area5
6 - Elective
15
127 Total Semester
Hours
1MTHSC
106 and 108 may be substituted for MTHSC 102 and 207, respectively, and
one or two elective hours.
2See General
Education Requirements.
3See advisor.
4Either
complete a two-semester modern foreign language sequence (level to be determined
through advising) or complete six hours of coursework on the culture, geography,
history, literature, or political environment of a nation or region other
than the United States. A list of approved courses is available through
advising. If an eight-hour elementary modern foreign language sequence is
chosen, then six hours will be credited to the international studies requirement
and two hours to electives.
5Fifteen
semester hours from one of the following emphasis areas. An emphasis area
should be selected before the end of the student's Junior year in consultation
with Finance Department advisor:
Corporate FinanceFIN
402; 404 and 411; plus two courses from FIN 304, 399, 406, 408, or two accounting
electives. (See Note 3.)
Financial PlanningACCT
404, 408, FIN 304, 405, 409.
Financial ServicesFIN
405; 406; 408 and 411; plus one course from FIN 304, 399, 417.
Real EstateAP
EC 313, FIN 417, LAW 333; one course from FIN 304 or 411; and one course
from AP EC 413, FIN 399, or LAW 405.
Notes:
1. Financial Management
majors are required to have a grade-point ratio of at least 2.0 in all FIN-designated
courses to graduate. Only the last grade for courses that are repeated counts
for computing this grade-point ratio.
2. At least 50 percent
of the total credits taken in ACCT, ECON, FIN, LAW, MA SC, MGT, and MKT
must be taken at Clemson.
3. Accounting electives
may be selected from any 300- or 400-level course offered by the School
of Accountancy. Credit may not be received for both ACCT 303 and 307.
4. Students using
FIN 399 in an Emphasis Area must register for three credits. |