Finance

Finance teaches the techniques that managers use to make and evaluate all types of organizational decisions. In addition to careers in corporate finance, investments, and banking, this major allows students to prepare for a wide range of organizational activities. The Finance student is also able to prepare for a specialized job in the rapidly growing financial services industry: Insurance, Real Estate, Brokerage, Financial Planning, and Portfolio Management. To achieve these goals the student chooses one of two concentrations: Financial Analysis or Financial Services.

The Financial Analysis concentration allows students interested in utilizing their quantitative skills to prepare for careers such as Security Analyst, Comptroller/Treasurer, Research, or for graduate study. Required courses: Accounting 309 (Intermediate Accounting), Economics 301 (Intermediate Macroeconomics), Economics 302 (Intermediate Microeconomics), Economics 310 (Money and Banking), Finance 400 (Investment), Finance 410 (Advanced Business Finance) and Finance 440 (International Finance).

The Financial Services concentration is designed to introduce the student to some of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world: Insurance Sales and Underwriting, Commercial Real Estate and Financial Planning/Brokerage. Required courses: Economics 310 (Money and Banking), Finance 320 (Risk and Insurance), Finance 331 (Introduction to Investment), and Finance 340 (Principles of Real Estate). Students can then specialize by choosing one of two 3-course packages: [1] Insurance-Finance 322 (Property/Casualty), Finance 326 (Life and Health), and Marketing 330 (Personal Sales); or [2] Real Estate-Finance 442 (Appraisal), Finance 450 (Real Estate Investment), and Geography 420 (Geographic Information Systems).
 

FINANCE
Total Hours: 129

FRESHMAN YEAR Communications 135 Approved elective (outside College of Business) English 105, 115 Fine and performing arts* History* Mathematics 121, 131 Management 150 Science (two-semester sequence)	Sem. Hrs. 3 3 6 3 3 6 3 6 33	SOPHOMORE YEAR Accounting 205, 206 Social Science Electives* Management 210 Economics 201, 202, and 260 English (200 level literature) English 226 Science (nonsequential area)	Sem. Hrs. 6 6 3 9 3 3 3 33
JUNIOR YEAR Accounting electives^ Business Law 280 Finance electives^ Finance 301 Management 301, 383 Marketing 301	Sem. Hrs. 12 3 6 3 6 3 33	SENIOR YEAR Management 350, 480 Finance electives^ English (200 level literature) Approved electives (outside College of Business)	Sem. Hrs. 6 12 3 9 30

NOTE: Six hours of International Courses required.

*See "General Degree Requirements" LSU in Shreveport Catalog for restrictions.
^See details of Financial Analysis and Financial Services concentrations in this section of the LSU in Shreveport Catalog.

Finance Minor: The student choosing to minor in Finance must earn 21 hours consisting of ACCT 205, ECON 201, ECON 202, ECON 260, FIN 301, and 9 hours of FIN 300+.