Course Scheduling

To assist with course scheduling, the following course maps are available, effective Fall 2019.

Following this course mapping ensures students take courses in the correct order and have all necessary requirements. 

Program Requirements

BBA program requirements will change effective Fall 2019.  The course catalog you started EMU under dictates your program requirements.  The requirements for students accepted after Fall 2019 and before Fall 2019 are detailed below:

Admission Prior to Fall 2019

Four required courses (12 credits):

  • FIN 354, Investments
  • FIN 357, Financial Markets and Institutions (no longer offered, need FIN355 or FIN358 in place, see your academic advisor)
  • FIN 359, Intermediate Financial Theory
  • FIN 450W, Problems in Financial Management

Four electives (12 credits) from the following:

  • FIN 352, Financial Management for Entrepreneurs (no longer offered)
  • FIN 355, Financial Modeling (new required course, requires department approval to count as elective)
  • FIN 358, Financial Statement Analysis (cannot use in place of FIN357 and as an elective)
  • FIN 451, Introduction to Financial Risk Management
  • FIN 453, Commercial Banking
  • FIN 454, Mortgages (no longer offered)
  • FIN 455, Fixed Incomes (bonds) (new course, may require documentation from advising)
  • FIN 456, Wealth Management (new course, may require documentation from advising)
  • FIN 457, International Finance (new course, counts in place of FIN370)

Admission After Fall 2019

Five required courses (15 credits):

  • FIN 354, Investments
  • FIN 355, Financial Modeling
  • FIN 358, Financial Statement Analysis
  • FIN 359, Intermediate Financial Theory
  • FIN 450W, Problems in Financial Management

Three electives (9 credits) from the following:

  • FIN 451, Introduction to Financial Risk Management
  • FIN 453, Commercial Banking
  • FIN 455, Fixed Incomes (bonds)
  • FIN 456, Wealth Management
  • FIN 457, International Finance

Scheduling Notes

  • Finance course maps are scheduled and timed to ensure students can meet all prerequisites and graduate within four years.
  • 200 level business courses are designed to be taken your sophomore year, 300 level business courses should be taken your junior year and 400 level courses should be taken your junior and senior year.
  • Students who are attending part-time need to adjust their schedule appropriately, including summer enrollment, but the sequence and order for finance courses should be adhered to.  
  • The non-finance course placement is a recommendation.  Students should feel free to adjust these as appropriate. Consideration was given in the recommended schedule to ensure finance courses are spread apart for students to have an acceptable course load and to allow for primary courses to be completed prior to students seeking employment.
  • Students wishing to work in the financial analyst industry should plan on interviewing for analyst positions during Fall of their senior year. Finance courses have been scheduled to ensure the students are enrolled in the capstone course during Fall of the senior year to assist with the financial analyst interview process.
  • The course mapping is a guide to students and the student is responsible for ensuring all prerequisite requirements and graduation requirements are met by verifying with their advisor and performing a degree audit [PDF].  New courses may not appear in your degree audit but your advisor can add these. 

General education courses shall be selected from the university approved list of courses.