When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
Requirements for the Majors offered by the Finance and Analytics Department
Students complete the business foundation courses and a major in Business Data Science or Finance. No grade below C- will be accepted to fulfill major requirements or in any foundation course.
Double-counting restriction
No student may have more than one major in the Sigmund Weis School of Business.
Business Foundation Courses
Year 1
4 or 2 MGMT-195 Global Business Perspectives or MGMT-138 Fundamentals of Business
4 ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics
4 ECON-202 Principles of Microeconomics
4 MGMT-202 Business Statistics
or MATH-108 Introduction to Statistics
or MATH-180 Statistical Methods
or PSYC-123 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Year 2
4 INFS-174 Data Collection and Modeling
4 ACCT-200 Financial Accounting
4 ACCT-210 Legal Environment
2 INFS-233 Data-Driven Decision Making
4 MGMT-240 Principles of Management
4 MKTG-280 Marketing
2 MGMT-105 Introduction to Professional Development
Year 3
4 ACCT-330 Managerial Accounting
4 FINC-340 Corporate Financial Management
Year 4
4 INFS-472 Data Insight and Visualization
4 MGMT-400 Business Policy and Strategy
4 MGMT-404 Global Business Ethics
No grade below a C- will be accepted toward graduation for foundation courses; upon earning a grade below C- in a foundation course, the student must retake the course the next semester in which it is offered. The course descriptions listed later in the catalog identify prerequisites, and these suggest a certain degree of order in completing the foundation. In addition to the foundation, first-semester business students enroll in MGMT-195 Global Business Perspectives (four semester hours), which provides an introduction to liberal studies and college life, as well as an overview of business functional areas, career opportunities and the Sigmund Weis School curriculum. This course satisfies the First Year Seminar requirement of the Central Curriculum.
Finance
The finance major prepares students for positions in all areas of finance, including asset management, corporate financial management, commercial and investment banks in an international context, investment advisory services, mutual funds, brokerages, and insurance. The major includes an optional CFA track that provides in-depth coverage of key areas tested on the CFA Level I examination.
Students will be offered the opportunity to participate in the Susquehanna University Student Investment Program (SUSIP). SUSIP is a student-managed investment fund that focuses on sustainability investment.
The finance major requires completion of the business foundation and the following courses, as follows:
4 FINC-300 Financial Statement Analysis
4 FINC-342 Investment Analysis
4 FINC-345 International Financial Management
8 semester hours selected from the following courses:
4 FINC-344 Financial Institutions and Markets
2 FINC-350 River Hawk: Sector Analysis
4 FINC-441 Advanced Corporate Financial Management
4 FINC-442 Portfolio Management
4 FINC-443 Equity Asset Analysis and Valuation
4 FINC-445 Financial Modeling and Fixed Income Analysis
2-4 FINC-446 Topics in Finance
4 FINC-450 River Hawk Fund
2 ACCT-220 Introduction to Taxation
Students planning careers in investments are encouraged to take the following CFA track. This track is designed to provide in-depth coverage of CFA Level I examination topics, including CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.
4 FINC-442 Portfolio Management
4 FINC-443 Equity Asset Analysis and Valuation
4 FINC-445 Financial Modeling and Fixed Income Analysis
Students participating in the Susquehanna University Student Investment Program (SUSIP) must enroll in FINC-442 and FINC-443.