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Managerial Finance
The managerial finance curriculum prepares students for a fast-paced career with unlimited opportunities. Financial managers from The University of Mississippi have become successful market analysts, brokers, corporate planners, and commodity specialists.
Typical Program of Study
Students typically complete the following courses in their first two years of study:
Credit Hours
Freshman Year Courses
Fall
Spring
3
3
Humanities: History, Philosophy, or Modern Foreign Language
3
3
Math 267, 268 (Calculus for Business, Economics,and Accountancy I and II) or Math 261, 262 (Calculus I and II) or Math 271, 272 (Calculus of Decision Making I and II)
3
3
Laboratory Science: Astronomy, Biology,
Chemistry, Geology, or Physics3-4
3-4
Behavioral or Social Science: Psychology,
Sociology, Anthropology, or Political Science3
Fine Arts: Art, Art History, Dance, Music or Theater
3
Sophomore Year Courses
Fall
Spring
Accounting 201, 202 (Introduction to Accounting Principles I and II)
3
3
Economics 202, 203 (Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics)
3
3
Literature
3
Non-Business Electives
3
3
BUS 250 (Legal Environment of Business)
3
BUS 271 (Business Communication)
3
BUS/ECON 230 (Economic Statistics I)
3
In addition to the courses listed above, all Business majors must successfully complete the following core business courses:
MKTG 351 - Marketing Principles
BUS/ECON 302 - Economic Statistics II
FIN 331 - Business Finance I
MIS 309 - Information Technology
MGMT 371 - Principles of Management
MGMT 372 - Production and Delivery
MGMT 493 - Management of Strategic PlanningManagerial Finance majors must also successfully complete the following required major courses:
FIN 338 - Intermediate Financial Management
FIN 431 - Financial Decision Making
FIN 533 - Securities Analysis and Portfolio Mgmt.
* Choose from 300+ ECON or ACCY course excluding Accy 300 and Accy 411
** Choose from 300+ FIN course excluding FIN 334, FIN 339, and FIN 451In addition to the above requirements, all Managerial Finance students must complete a total of 7 elective courses. Four of these courses (12 credit hours) must be in non-business subjects, two (6 credit hours) must be in 300 level or above business, management, marketing, finance, MIS, or accountancy subjects that are not required for this major, and one course (3 credit hours) must be either a 300 level or above business, management, marketing, finance, MIS, or accountancy course or a 300 level or above non-business elective.
Note on Prerequisites
Many courses have prerequisites for other courses that must be successfully completed prior to enrolling in a particular course. Some of those prerequisites may require a "C" minimum grade in a course to satisfy the prerequisite.
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