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Finance

A finance major concentrates on the management of financial resources for the firm or for the investment portfolio. The field of finance integrates concepts from economics, accounting, and a number of other areas. The central focus of finance is the relationship of risk and return.

Financial managers attempt to achieve wealth maximization through daily activities such as credit and inventory management and through longer-term decisions related to raising funds and allocating capital. Investment specialists evaluate and select securities, manage investment portfolios, and raise capital to finance business, government, and private needs.

TCU students can apply for a position on the Educational Investment Fund and, if selected, can gain valuable investment experience working with approximately 18 fellow students to manage a $2 million portfolio of stocks and bonds.

The trend toward the securitization of financial assets and real estate, international financial transactions, and derivative products such as options and futures continues to generate new job opportunities in finance.

Finance careers include corporate financial management, commercial banking, investment brokerage, portfolio management, investment banking, and insurance to name a few.

Finance Major Major Course Requirements (21 semester hours)

Specific course requirements
18 semester hours

FINA 30203 Money and Banking (Writing Emphasis)
FINA 30213 Investments I* (Writing Emphasis)
FINA 30233 Investments II
FINA 40153 Advanced Financial Management
ACCT 30153 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 30253 Intermediate Financial Accounting II

In addition, the student must complete 3 semester hours from the following:
FINA 30303 Insurance
FINA 30313 Real Estate Principles
FINA 30623 Real Estate Valuation
FINA 40183 Educational Investment
Fund FINA 40313 Management of Financial Institutions
FINA 40613 Real Estate Finance and Investment Analysis
FINA 40623 International Finance
FINA 40633 Investment Practicum
ACCT 30303 Introduction to Federal Taxation

*Registration for FINA 30213, Investments I, requires a grade of 85% or better on the Time Value of Money (TVM) Proficiency Exam. Contact the Finance and Decision Science Department Administrative Assistant for the times and locations of the TVM exam. In order to enroll in FINA 30213, all business students must obtain a Closed Class Permit from the Finance and Decision Science Department Administrative Assistant, which will be granted only to students who have passed the TVM with a grade of 85% or better.

Free Electives: 23 semester hours of elective courses to equal 124 total hours for the BBA; at least 3 hours must be upper division unless an upper division course is taken in the University Curriculum; at least 12 must be in nonbusiness, non-economics courses.

Finance Major (With a Real Estate Concentration)

Students may also major in Finance with a Real Estate concentration. Career opportunities exist in banking, mortgage lending, real estate development, asset management, appraisal, real estate management, and brokerage.

Major Course Requirements (24 semester hours)

Specific course requirements
24 semester hours

FINA 30203 Money and Banking (Writing Emphasis)
FINA 30213 Investments I* (Writing Emphasis)
FINA 30233 Investments II
FINA 40153 Advanced Financial Management
FINA 30313 Real Estate Principles
FINA 30623 Real Estate Valuation
FINA 40613 Real Estate Finance and Investment Analysis
ACCT 30153 Intermediate Financial Accounting I

*Registration for FINA 30213, Investments I, requires a grade of 85% or better on the Time Value of Money (TVM) Proficiency Exam. Contact the Finance and Decision Science Department Administrative Assistant for the times and locations of the TVM exam. In order to enroll in FINA 30213, all business students must obtain a Closed Class Permit from the Finance and Decision Science Department Administrative Assistant, which will be granted only to students who have passed the TVM with a grade of 85% or better.

Free Electives: 20 semester hours of elective courses to equal 124 total hours for the BBA; at least 12 must be in nonbusiness, non-economics courses.

 
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