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Apr 16, 2024
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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Finance Major
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For details about admission requirements, transfer policies, degree and graduation requirements, and college policies, please refer to the Lee Business School section of the Undergraduate Catalog.
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Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements - Total Credits: 35-46 credits
Where specific courses are not identified, please see the related section of the Undergraduate Catalog for information about which courses may satisfy university core requirements. First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Total Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3
Constitutions - Total Credits: 3-6
Mathematics - Total Credits: 3
Distribution Requirement: Social Science
Because the courses taught by the Lee Business School are deemed part of the social sciences distribution area, students pursuing a major in the Lee Business School must fulfill the distribution requirement by completing courses in each of two content areas outside the major area of study. Those areas are:
Humanities and Fine Arts; and Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking.
Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9 Humanities, 6 credits required from two different areas. It is recommended that students take COM 101, Oral Communication, as one of the humanities courses. Fine Arts, 3 credits required Life and Physical Sciences, and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9-10 Life and Physical Sciences, 6-7 credits required One science course with a lab One non-lab science course Analytical Thinking, 3 credits required - PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Multicultural and International Requirement - Total Credits: 0-6
Three credits in each area are required. These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://web.unlv.edu/committees/gec. (Some business students may satisfy these requirements with courses required for a business major.)
• Multicultural, 3 credits required
• International, 3 credits required
Other Lee Business School Requirements - Total Credits: 9-11
Business Administration Core Requirements - Total Credits: 42-45
Finance Major Requirements - Total Credits: 24
General Electives - Total Credits: 0-10
The number of general electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum number of degree-applicable credits required to earn a degree from the Lee Business School is 120. Notes
1. Suggested programs of study:
Students who intend to focus on certain functional areas in finance can choose one of the following suggested programs.
a. Financial management: finance core courses, ACC 401, FIN 321, FIN 405, FIN 480.
b. Investments: finance core courses, FIN 410, FIN 419, one elective finance course, RE 334.
c. Financial services: finance core courses, FIN 322, FIN 445, one 400-level FIN course, RE 332.
2. The prerequisites for some electives, such as ACC 401, are not degree applicable.
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