Business Department
- (Finance) Degree Requirements
Finance Major
Finance Core Requirements
Seven courses including:
- ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACC 222 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUS 242 Principles of Management or BUS 200 Exploring Business as Vocation
- ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
- MIS 260 Problem Solving for Business
- MKT 252 Principles of Marketing
- FIN 331 Financial Management
Required Finance Courses
Eight courses including:
- ACC 322 Accounting Theory and Practice I (Prereq: ACC 222)
- BUS 301 Business Law
- BUS 379 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
- FIN 433 Financial Theory: Policy and Practice (Prereq: FIN 331)
- FIN 438 Investment Theory (Prereq: ENL 111 or 112 or HON 111 and FIN 331)
- FIN 460 International Finance (Prereq: FIN 331)
- ECO 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECO 315 Money and Banking (Prereq: ECO 112)
Graduation skills in Critical Thinking (CT), Quantitative Reasoning (QR), Speaking (S), and Writing (W) are embedded throughout the offered courses and are met by completing the major. Transfer students must consult an adviser about potential adjustments to their course requirements to fulfill each of these skills.
Note: Finance majors are encouraged to take KEY 490 Vocation and the Meaning of Success to fulfill the Augsburg Core Curriculum Senior Keystone requirement. (See course description under Augsburg Core Curriculum.)
Business Finance Certificate Program
The Business Finance Certificate provides students with the knowledge needed to pursue positions in the banking or brokerage industry, provides basic background for Series 6, 7, 63 examinations and will partially meet requirements for the Level I CFA examination. It is designed for students who want to supplement a previously obtained bachelor’s degree or who are looking to enhance skills in their current job or to pursue a new career. The Business Finance Certificate is available to non-finance majors and is available through the Weekend College program. The certificate consists of six courses: ECO 112, ACC 221, FIN 331, 433, 438, and ECO 315.
Students are required to be in math placement group 3. They must also have a background in computer skills (especially spreadsheets), or take MIS 260 before admission to the certificate program. Students must achieve a minimum 2.00 grade point average in all Business Finance Certificate courses.
