SAM AND IRENE BLACK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Advice for Majors in Finance (FNC)
Program
Chair: Dr. Greg Filbeck, CFA, FRM
814-898-6549; mgf11@psu.edu
It is very important that you take the required finance
courses in sequence during the semester recommended. Otherwise you'll fall behind
and delay graduation for a year.
Before
your fifth semester you must complete the prerequisites for FNC 300:
In your fifth semester (Fall of junior year) you must take:
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FNC 300/FIN 301(offered Summer, Spring, and Fall)
In your sixth semester (Spring of junior year) you must take:
- FNC 400/FIN 405 - this course is also being offered in the Fall
- FNC 410/FIN 420 - (offered only in the Spring)
- ACNTG 305/ACCTG 305 - (offered only in the Spring and is a prerequisite for ACNTG 426/ACCTG 426, which is only offered in the Fall)
Note: FNC 470/FIN 407 is also being offered in the Spring.
In your seventh semester (Fall of senior year) you must take:
- FNC 460 (offered only in the Fall)
- FNC 470 (this course is also offered in the Spring)
- ACNTG 426 (offered only in Fall)
- In your sixth or seventh semester, you should take FNC 400.
Note: FNC 400 is also being offered in the Fall.
In
your eighth semester (Spring of senior year) you must take:
- FNC 480/FIN 480 - (offered only in Spring)
- MANGT 470W/MGMT 471W
Unless otherwise noted, these courses must be taken in the semester
indicated in order for you to graduate on time!
Other
Important Recommendations:
- Complete FNC 300/FIN 301, MRKTG 300/MKTG 301, MANGT 300/MGMT 301 and SCM 310 prior to your eighth semester.
- These are prerequisites for MANGT 470W/MGMT 471W. You will not get into MANGT 470W/MGMT 471Wif you haven't completed those four courses by your eighth semester.
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- You should take 15 credits from one area of non-business supporting courses. See your advisor if you want to take a non-business supporting course that is not on the approved list.
- If you are doing a minor in Accounting or Economics, or a double major in Finance and one of those two majors (Accounting or Economics), you can use two of the courses required for that minor/major as business supporting courses.
- Two courses from the Certificate in Financial Planning program can be used to fulfill the business supporting course requirement.
- Successfully completing FNC 300/FIN 301 with a minimum grade of "C" is required for graduation. Earning a minimum grade of "D" is required in order to take courses requiring FNC 300/FIN 301 as a prerequisite.
- ACNTG 305/ACCTG 305 or ACNTG 310/ACCTG 371 can serve to satisfy the ACNTG 310/ACCTG 371 requirement (students taking ACNTG 310/ACCTG 371 must also take ACNTG 311/ACCTG 472).
- Although not recommended, students who fall out of sequence with their FNC courses may take FNC 460/FIN 406without having completed FNC 410/FIN 420.
Tentative schedule for class offerings, Fall 2008-Spring 2009:
- Fall 2008: FIN 300/FIN 301 (4 sections), FNC 300/FIN 330, FNC 400/FIN 405, FNC 450/FIN 450, FNC 460/FIN 406, FNC 470/FIN 407 (2 sections), B ADM 501, B ADM 532 (2 sections)
- Spring 2009: FNC 300/FIN 301 (3 sections), FNC 340/FIN 340, FNC 400/FIN 405, FNC 410/FIN 420 (2 sections), FNC 430/FIN 430, FNC 480/FIN 481
If you have
any questions regarding scheduling, feel free to e-mail Dr. Greg Filbeck at mgf11@psu.edu or
call him at 898-6549 or stop at his office in Room 286 of the REDC Building.