May 14, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Finance, B.S.


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University Core Requirements (42 hours)


Develop the skills that prepare you to manage corporate investments and analyze asset allocations when you graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from University of Houston-Clear Lake. Learn investment skills that prepare you to understand the market’s role in valuing firm assets and the decisions of individual and institutional investors. You will learn from College of Business faculty who consult and serve on boards throughout the community. So, it’s no mystery why finance graduates move to top organizations with jobs in commercial banking, financial planning, investment banking, money managing, insurance and real estate.

The degree in finance leads to a Bachelor of Science. A minimum of 57 upper-level (33XX and 43XX) hours and a total of 120 hours are required for the baccalaureate degree.

Communication (6 hours)


Additional Information


Grades must be C- or higher.

Additional Information


Grades must be C- or higher.

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)


Choose one course from the approved list:

Creative Arts (3 hours)


Choose one course from the approved list:

American History (6 hours)


Government/Political Science (6 hours)


Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)


Additional Information


Other courses may meet this requirement, however, ECON 2301 will still be required for all business majors

Component Area Option (6 hours)


Two 1-hour Life and Physical Science Labs

College Core Requirements (48 hours)


The following courses, or their approved equivalents, constitute the Business Core and are required of all business students. No more than six hours of grades in the range of D+, D or D- are permitted in upper-level (33XX and 43XX) Business Core Requirements.

Additional Information


When ECON 2301  is used to satisfy the Social Behavioral Sciences requirement, an additional elective will be needed.

Major Requirements (24 hours)


All courses within the Major Requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher is required to graduate.

Finance Required Courses (15 hours)


Finance Electives (9 hours)


Complete either the CFA Elective track or the Finance Electives track

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