Course Listings
Financial Management
A minor in Financial Management is available.
Financial Management Minor
18 credit hours
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates with a minor in Financial Management will:
- Understand how accounting principles, financial management concepts, and cost analysis techniques are used to evaluate organizational performance and inform managerial decision-making.
- Apply quantitative tools and financial models to analyze investment opportunities and make appropriate capital allocation decisions.
Planning and Advising Notes
Accounting majors completing the Financial Management minor must complete both BUS 318, Operations Management and BUS 312, Supply Chain Management.
Minimum academic requirements for majors and minors: All Financial Management minors must earn a grade of C- or higher in all courses required for the minor.
ACC 200 Principles of Accounting
This course will introduce students to fundamental concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Emphasis is placed on learning and applying the basic accounting framework through the full accounting cycle with common business transactions, preparing financial statements, understanding fixed and variable...
ACC 301 Cost Accounting
A study of how accounting information is used and communicated by managers to plan, control and evaluate decisions. Primary topics include costing systems, profitability analysis, cost-allocation issues, budgeting, and pricing decisions. Case studies are used extensively in this course. Prerequisites:...
BUS 220 Spreadsheet Skills
This course provides students with the basic and intermediate spreadsheet skills expected by employers. Students will learn basic functions, chart creation, data analysis and visualization and tools commonly used by organizations.
BUS 312 Supply Chain Management
This course focuses on the role of the supply chain in creating customer value and competitive advantage. It examines the core operations that make up the supply chain and explores some of the strategies and challenges in managing today’s global...
BUS 317 Financial Management
Introduces students to the primary elements of corporate finance such as time value of money, stock and bond valuation, financial analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting and dividend policy. Prerequisite: ACC 200 and BUS 220.
BUS 318 Operations Management
Decision-making and analysis of production and service delivery challenges in areas of plant location, facilities design, process strategy, production planning and control, supply chain, inventory management, performance measurement, and quality control. Special attention is also given to the study of...
BUS 332 Investing in Capital Markets
In this course students will learn how to research, formulate and implement investment plans through portfolios constructed and monitored by students. Analytical frameworks and investment strategies that target chosen objectives will be established and then implemented using a simulation program...