International Finance Major

Requirements: International Finance Major (B.Sc.)

Global Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

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For further description of the courses required within each section of GLACC, see here or download the degree worksheet to the right.

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites
INTEGRATIVE INQUIRY
CCI 1	Four Integrative Inquiry Courses (course type CCI) (May not overlap with major, at least one must be at AUP. All courses must be outside the major's disciplinary base.) Freshmen satisfy CCI courses as follows: FirstBridge (two courses) and two additional CCI courses outside the major discipline. FirstBridge courses may not replace major requirements. Transfer students satisfy CCI courses as follows: four CCI courses outside the major discipline; at least one CCI must be taken at AUP.
CCI 2
CCI 3
CCI 4
CCX	Experiential Learning
CRITICAL INQUIRY AND EXPRESSION
EN 2020 CCE	Writing & Criticism	EN1010
CCD	Digital Literacy and Communication
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCR	Disciplinary Research Methods/Writing in the Discipline
QUANTITATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL REASONING
MA 1005 or Above (course type CCM)	Quantitative Reasoning
Lab science course coded CCS (4CR lecture with corresponding 0CR lab)	Experimental Reasoning	MA1005CCM or higher to be taken before or at the same time
EXPRESSION FRANÇAISE
FR 1200 CCF (or above)	Elementary French & Culture II	FR1100
AUP CAPSTONE
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCC	AUP Capstone

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 60 credits

(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)

COURSE NUMBER	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
BA1020	FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT – 2 credits	None
DS1020CCM MA1020CCM	APPLIED STATISTICS I	MA0900 OR MA1005 OR MA1005CCM OR MA1005GE120 OR ELECMA-25 OR ELECMA-20 OR ELECMA-30 OR (MA1025CCM OR MA1025GE120) OR MA1030 OR MA1030CCM OR MA1030GE120 OR MA1091 OR MA1091CCM OR MA1091GE120 / MA0900 OR MA1005 OR MA1005CCM OR MA1005GE120 OR ELECMA-25 OR ELECMA-20 OR ELECMA-30 OR (MA1025CCM OR MA1025GE120) OR MA1030 OR MA1030CCM OR MA1030GE120 OR MA1091 OR MA1091CCM OR MA1091GE120
MA1030CCM	CALCULUS I	MA1025CCM OR ELECMA-30 OR MA1025GE120
BA2001	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING	College Level=Sophomore
EC2010	PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS	None
BA2020CCI	MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR	None
EC2020	PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS	None
BA3010	CORPORATE FINANCE	BA2001 AND (MA1020CCM OR MA1020GE120 OR MA1020 OR DS1020CCM OR CS1060 OR CS1060CCDI OR CS1060CCI OR DS1060CCDI)
BA3012CCIR	BUSINESS ETHICS AND CSR	BA1020 AND (BA2020CCI OR BA2020GE110) AND College Level=Junior
BA3050	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS	BA2001 AND (EC2020GE110 OR EC2020) AND BA3010
EC3073	MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS	EC2010GE110 OR EC2010 AND EC2020 OR EC2020GE110
BA3075 or BA3084	LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS or INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW	College Level=Junior or College Level=Junior
BA4010CCR	INVESTMENT ANALYSIS	BA3010
BA4020	COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE	BA3010 AND (MA1020CCM OR MA1020GE120) AND (MA1030 OR MA1030CCM OR MA1030GE120)
BA4050CCC	BUSINESS INTEGRATION CAPSTONE – 2 credits	College Level=Senior AND BA3010
One (1) four credit Finance elective or equivalent OR Economics/Math elective from list to the right.	MA2041 LINEAR ALGEBRA MA3005 PROBABILITY EC3053 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS EC3061 ECON. APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY EC3077 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN ECONOMICS EC3086CCR INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS MA3100 APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS BA4004 SUSTAINABLE ASSET MANAGEMENT – 2 credits BA4030 SUSTAINABLE FINANCE BA4034 BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

FREE ELECTIVES

Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.

HONORS

Students who have completed at least five BA courses may be invited to participate in the Honors program.

Students are automatically qualified if they have a minimum 3.7 major GPA and an overall GPA of 3.5 minimum.
Students may be nominated by department faculty members if they have a minimum 3.5 major GPA and an overall GPA of 3.3 minimum.
Students select a thesis supervisor in the Department and produce a 30-page thesis.
Candidates for Departmental Honors present and defend their thesis or seminar project before a jury of faculty members.
Students who have a recorded academic integrity incident are not eligible for Departmental Honors.

Further information is available from department academic advisors, the Honors Program Coordinator Professor Bodevin at sbodevin@aup.edu or the Department Chair.