Course variations

Course summary

This program prepares students for careers in commercial lending, security analysis, portfolio management, and corporate finance.

Program modules

The modules are Acct 315 Corporate Accounting and Reporting I (3 cr), Bus 302 Intermediate Financial Management (3 cr), Bus 407 Financial Institutions (3 cr), Bus 409 Problems in Financial Management (3 cr), Upper-Division economics courses (3 cr), Finance electives, select two of the following (6 cr): Bus 408 Security Analysis (3 cr), Bus 463 Portfolio Management (3 cr), Bus 464 Derivatives and Financial Engineering (3 cr), Bus 465 Introduction to Market Trading (3 cr), Supporting electives, select two of the following (6 cr): Acct 385 Cost and Management Accounting (3 cr), Acct 414 Corporate Accounting and Reporting II (3 cr), Acct 415 Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting (3 cr), Acct 483 Fundamentals of Federal Taxation (3 cr), Bus 362 Real Property Appraisal or Bus 364 Insurance (3 cr), Bus 378 Project Management (3 cr), Bus 381 International Finance (3 cr), Bus 414 Entrepreneurship (3 cr), Bus 415 New Venture Creation (3 cr), Bus 421 Marketing Research and Analysis (3 cr), Bus 427 Services Marketing (3 cr), Bus 439 Systems and Simulation (3 cr), Bus 456 Quality Management (3 cr), Econ 343 Money and Banking (3 cr), Econ 352 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3 cr), Econ 353 Quantitative Economics and Forecasting (3 cr), Econ 407 Public Finance (3 cr), Econ 453 Econometrics (3 cr), Stat 401 Statistical Analysis (3 cr), two of the following may be used if not used to satisfy the above Finance elective: Bus 381 International Finance (3 cr), Bus 408 Security Analysis (3 cr), Bus 463 Portfolio Management (3 cr), Bus 464 Derivatives and Financial Engineering (3 cr), Bus 465 Introduction to Market Trading (3 cr).

Entry requirement for international students

Students who have no previous work at the post-secondary level must have at least a 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from a secondary school. Students must also meet the criteria for admission to university level study in their home country. Students must have any one of the following as proof of English competency - TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 525 on the paper test or 70 on the internet based test; completion of the University of Idaho American Language and Culture Program (ALCP); SAT critical reading with a minimum score of 500; IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.0; Cambridge CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) with a pass; Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) with a pass; Cambridge International 'O' Levels with a pass; MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with a score of 74. English proficiency demonstration is waived for any applicant who has a previous degree at an accredited U.S. institution or who have taken English classes at U.S. institutions and passed those classes or students from countries where English is the native language and/or the official language for academic instruction.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Idaho

Department name

College of Business and Economics, Department of Business