Business Administration: Finance B.S. Degree

School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall

(716) 673-3505

Justin Mindzak, Chairperson (interim)

Email: business.administration@fredonia.edu

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration

Major Requirements

A minimum grade of C - or better is required for all courses in the major. 

Supporting Courses:

BUAD 100Pathway to Success: Business

3

MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3

 

and

 

CSIT 104Introduction to Microcomputer Software

3

or

CSIT 151Introduction to Information Systems

3

 

and

 

CSIT 251Information Systems Structures

3

or

BUAD 260Business Intelligence

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Lower Level Core Courses:

ECON 200Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics

3

ACCT 201Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 202Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

ECON 205Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Upper Level Core Courses:

BUAD 300Statistical Analysis

3

and

BUAD 310Legal Environment of Business

3

or

ACCT 311Business Law I

3

and

BUAD 320Managerial Finance

3

BUAD 323Organizational Behavior

3

BUAD 327Operations Management

3

BUAD 328Marketing Foundations

3

BUAD 499Strategic Management

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Major Course Requirements for Finance:

BUAD 372Financial Investments

3

BUAD 417Corporate Finance I

3

BUAD 416Portfolio Management

3

or

BUAD 418Corporate Finance II

3

or

BUAD 474Financial Intermediaries Management

3

BUAD 480Internship

1-12

Total Credit Hours:10

NOTE:

  • BUAD 480 is a variable 1-9 credit hour course. Students need to complete the course for at least one credit to satisfy the degree requirements.

Plus 3 credit hours from the following:

BUAD 315Principles of Business Finance

3

ECON 315Money/Banking/Monetary Economics

3

BUAD 374Small Business Finance

3

BUAD 378Business and Ethics

3

BUAD 416Portfolio Management

3

BUAD 472International Finance

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 61

  • All Business Administration majors are allowed to repeat a failed major course no more than two times.