Finance, B.S.

The faculty in the Department of Accounting and Finance request approval to update the applicable footnotes (more specifically, footnotes 4, 5, and 8) of the finance major curriculum guide. The adjustments to the stated footnotes allow for greater student understanding and more concise academic advising as well as the clear outlining courses that build highly marketable knowledge, skills, and abilities of finance majors. Attached is the curriculum packet that outlines these changes:

1. Update to footnote 4. This footnote is related to free electives (1 3-credit hour course) and provides for the explicit:
   1. Exclusion of FIN 279 as an acceptable free elective as this course is majorly designed for non-business majors.
   2. Listing of several classes for students to consider as free electives. These courses will increase students’ exposure to data visualization (e.g., BUAN 400), data management (e.g., BUAN 434), and programming (e.g. MATH 140). Other courses listed serves as prerequisites for courses that serve as technical area electives (e.g., ECON 212 is the prerequisite for ECON 311).
2. Update to footnote 5. This footnote relates to technical area electives (2 3-credit hours courses) and provides:
   1. Additional courses for consideration.
   2. Explicit consent for non-finance major courses to serve as technical area electives.
3. Update to footnote 8. This footnote relates to technical area electives (2 3-credit hours courses) and replaces:
   1. List of approved finance electives with a broader more general statement to accommodate future finance course development and offerings.