Seidman College of Business - Finance Department

FINANCE ELECTIVES

• FIN 420 - Bank Management
• FIN 427 - Derivative Assets and Markets
• FIN 429 - International Financial Management

BUSINESS ELECTIVES

• ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I
• ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting II
• ECO 313 - Business Cycles and Growth
• ECO 414 - Money and Banking

GVSU Course Catalog Academic Advising

FINANCE ELECTIVES

• FIN 427 - Derivative Assets and Marketing
• FIN 429 - International Financial Management

BUSINESS ELECTIVES

• ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I
• ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting II
• ECO 349 - Emerging Market Issues
• MGT 351 - Enterprise Information Systems

GVSU Course Catalog Academic Advising

FINANCE ELECTIVES

• FIN 331 - Risk and Insurance
• FIN 350 - Real Estate Principles

BUSINESS ELECTIVES

• ACC 317 - Individual Income Taxation
• ECO 349 - Emerging Markets Issues
• MKT 353 - Marketing Negotiations
• MKT 356 - Professional Selling

Undergraduate students interested in getting the CFP® designation should:

• Take FIN 321, FIN 331, and ACC 317.
• Apply for independent research to take the three additional online certificate program courses through the Seidman Finance Department.

GVSU Course Catalog Academic Advising

Learn more about the Financial Planning Certificate Program!

FINANCE ELECTIVES

• FIN 427- Derivative Assets and Markets
• FIN 428 - Portfolio Management I
• FIN 429 - International Financial Management
• FIN 438 - Portfolio Management II

BUSINESS ELECTIVES

• MKT 356 - Professional Selling
• ECO 313 - Business Cycles and Growth
• ECO 341- Economics of Business Strategy
• ECO 349 - Emerging Markets Issues

GVSU Course Catalog Academic Advising

In addition to the BBA CORE requirements, as a Finance major, you must take 19-credit hours as follows:

• FIN 321 Investments
• FIN 322 Intermediate Finance
• FIN 422 Advanced Managerial Finance

And three courses from the following list, with at least one at the 400-level.

• FIN 330 Ethics In Finance
• FIN 331 Risk and Insurance
• FIN 350 Real Estate Principles
• FIN 380 Seminar in Finance
• FIN 420 Bank Management
• FIN 427 Derivative Assets and Markets
• FIN 428 Portfolio Management I
• FIN 429 International Financial Management
• FIN 438 Portfolio Management II
• FIN 490 Finance Internship
• FIN 499 Independent Research

All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.

For the BBA, you must complete the following courses.

• ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
• ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
• BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
• BOTH ECO 201 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 202 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• Choose one of ECO 343, ECO 349, ECO 355, ECO 365, or ECO 369 (3 credits)
• FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
• MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
• MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
• MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
• MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
• MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)

Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor if applicable.

• ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
• ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
• FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
• MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
• MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
• MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)

REQUIRED BUSINESS ELECTIVES

Three upper-division business courses are not applied to the major or minor (nine credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major if one is declared.

ELECTIVES

Students may elect non-business or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship and study abroad courses, on a credit/no-credit basis.