Bachelor of Science in Finance
Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Finance (BSF) degree, also known as the Finance major, emphasizes a finance-focused education and directly targets the financial industry, including commercial banks, investment banks, investment companies and insurance companies.
Course Requirements
The following requirements must be fulfilled: a minimum of 120 credits, including University General Education, pre-business, and finance major courses, and completion of a non-GWSB minor.
Students pursuing finance as a second major should reference the finance as a second major requirements section at the bottom of this page.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General education courses | ||
| UW 1020 | University Writing | |
| 6 credits taken in at least two writing in the disciplines (WID) courses in two or more separate semesters. 1 | ||
| One critical analysis in the humanities course. 2 | ||
| One scientific reasoning with laboratory course. 2 | ||
| One course with an approved oral communication component. 2 | ||
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-business courses | ||
| BADM 1001 & BADM 1002 | Business Leader Foundations I and Business Leader Foundations II 3 | |
| or BADM 1003 | Business Leader Foundations for Transfer Students | |
| BADM 3001 | Business Leader Career Strategy | |
| BADM 4001 | Business Leader Launch | |
| STAT 1051 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics | |
| or STAT 1053 | Introduction to Statistics in Social Science | |
| or STAT 1111 | Business and Economic Statistics I | |
| or DNSC 1001 | Business Analytics I: Statistics for Descriptive and Predictive Analytics | |
| or APSC 3115 | Engineering Analysis III | |
| STAT 2118 | Regression Analysis | |
| or ECON 2123 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
| or STAT 2123 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
| ECON 1011 | Principles of Economics I | |
| ECON 1012 | Principles of Economics II | |
| One of the following sequences in mathematics: | ||
| MATH 1231 & MATH 1232 | Single-Variable Calculus I and Single-Variable Calculus II | |
| or MATH 1220 & MATH 1221 & MATH 1232 | Calculus with Precalculus I and Calculus with Precalculus II and Single-Variable Calculus II | |
| Finance major courses | ||
| ACCY 2001 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | |
| ACCY 3106 | Financial Statement Analysis | |
| BADM 3501 | Financial Management and Markets | |
| BADM 4101 | Business Ethics and the Legal Environment | |
| or BADM 4101W | Business Ethics and the Legal Environment | |
| FINA 3001 | Intermediate Finance | |
| FINA 3101 | Investment and Portfolio Management | |
| FINA 4001 | Advanced Financial Management | |
| or FINA 4001W | Advanced Financial Management | |
| Four courses selected from the following: | ||
| FINA 3201 | Exploring Finance with Simulation | |
| or FINA 3201W | Exploring Finance with Simulation | |
| FINA 3301 | Money and Capital Markets | |
| FINA 3401 | A Brief History of Finance | |
| or FINA 3401W | A Brief History of Finance | |
| FINA 4101 | Applied Financial Securities Analysis | |
| FINA 4102 | Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts | |
| FINA 4103 | Quantitative Investing | |
| FINA 4104 | Foundations of Venture Capital | |
| FINA 4201 | Real Estate Investment | |
| FINA 4301 | Financial Derivatives | |
| FINA 4900 | Special Topics | |
| or FINA 4900W | Special Topics | |
| One international field course selected from the following: | ||
| ECON 2180 | Survey of International Economics | |
| ECON 2181 | International Trade Theory and Policy | |
| ECON 2182 | International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | |
| IBUS 3001 | Introduction to International Business | |
| IBUS 3101 | Global Financial Environment | |
| IBUS 3301 | International Business Finance | |
| IBUS 4302 | International Banking | |
| IBUS 4303 | International Monetary and Financial Issues | |
| SMPP 4900W | Special Topics (Strategy and International Political Economy) | |
| TSTD 3302 | Financial Management in Tourism and Hospitality | |
| Minor requirement | ||
| A minor outside of the School of Business is required for the degree. Courses vary by minor and typically require a minimum of 18 credits. Students may pursue a second major outside GWSB in lieu of the minor. | ||
| Electives | ||
| In general, students complete 31 credits in elective courses to reach the 120 credits required for the degree. Elective courses may be applied to a second non-GWSB minor, a GWSB concentration, or a GWSB or non-GWSB second major. Reference the GWSB undergraduate policies section for course restrictions. | ||
1 Courses must be taken after completion of UW 1020 and in separate semesters.
2 See Undergraduate Education at GW for additional information regarding approved courses for this requirement.
3 First-year students take BADM 1001 and BADM 1002; transfer students take BADM 1003.
Finance as a second major
Students who are pursuing finance as a second major are required to complete the following courses. Non-GWSB students may declare finance as a second major directly with their home school advisor; a signature from a GWSB academic advisor is not required.
The following course requirements must be completed:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ACCY 2001 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | |
| ACCY 3106 | Financial Statement Analysis | |
| BADM 3501 | Financial Management and Markets | |
| FINA 3001 | Intermediate Finance | |
| FINA 3101 | Investment and Portfolio Management | |
| FINA 4001 | Advanced Financial Management | |
| or FINA 4001W | Advanced Financial Management | |
| Four courses selected from the following: | ||
| FINA 3201 | Exploring Finance with Simulation | |
| or FINA 3201W | Exploring Finance with Simulation | |
| FINA 3301 | Money and Capital Markets | |
| FINA 3401 | A Brief History of Finance | |
| or FINA 3401W | A Brief History of Finance | |
| FINA 4101 | Applied Financial Securities Analysis | |
| FINA 4102 | Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts | |
| FINA 4103 | Quantitative Investing | |
| FINA 4104 | Foundations of Venture Capital | |
| FINA 4201 | Real Estate Investment | |
| FINA 4301 | Financial Derivatives | |
| FINA 4900 | Special Topics | |
| or FINA 4900W | Special Topics | |