BS in Management: Finance Emphasis
(63–64 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this emphasis.
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- No more than 12 semester hours of upper-division transfer credit will be accepted toward the major and only 6 hours beyond the Integrated Management Core. No transfer courses will be accepted for the Integrated Management Core courses.
- Only courses sufficient for a single emphasis are permitted.
- Complete the following Premanagement Core Courses:
ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Financial and managerial accounting principles. Basic accounting statements, processes, and management applications. Open to all students. |
ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
: Honors Economic Principles and Problems.
I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills.
(.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1, Blk 2; Winter Blk 1, Blk 2; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic computer skills, focusing on spreadsheet and database programs. No technical background necessary. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
I SYS 101 : Computer Presentation Skills.
(.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1, Blk 2; Winter Blk 1, Blk 2; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic computer skills focusing on developing presentations. No technical background necessary. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
MATH 119 : Introduction to Calculus.
(4:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to plane analytic geometry and calculus. |
| NOTE: | For students in the College of Life Sciences and the Marriott School of Management. |
STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also; Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| RECOMMENDED: | MATH 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression. |
: Honors Principles of Statistics.
Note 1: Premanagement Core courses must be completed or in concurrent process of being completed before a student enrolls in Management Core 1 courses.
Note 2: Before registering for Management Core 1 courses, students must complete and submit the "continuance" form to the college advisement center. Based on student performance to date, permission may be granted to take some restricted major-only Management Core 1 courses.
- Apply and be formally accepted into the program.
- Complete the following Management Core 1 courses:
BUS M 301 : Financial Management.
(3:3:1.5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into the Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Financial management from the viewpoint of the business manager emphasizing profitability, liquidity, and long-range financial planning. |
BUS M 320 : Career Orientation and Preparation.
(.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Student orientation and preparation for careers in management. |
| NOTE: | Must be taken first semester in Marriott School. |
BUS M 321 : Mentor Program.
(.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Discussions with outside mentor about career opportunities. |
| NOTE: | Must be taken first semester in Marriott School. |
I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | I Sys 100 or concurrent enrollment during 1st block of I Sys 201 registration. |
| RECOMMENDED: | I Sys 101. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Using technology to solve business problems. Hands-on spreadsheet, database, and Internet software in a business context. |
M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | GE First-Year Writing requirement. To be taken before senior year. Not for freshmen. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing written and oral communications for professional organizations, including composing and designing employment communications. Incorporates oral presentations. |
| NOTE: | Fulfills GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement. |
: Honors Communication in Organizational Settings.
Note: Management Core 1 courses must be completed or in concurrent process of being completed before a student enrolls in the Integrated Management Core.
- Complete the following Integrated Management Core courses:
BUS M 341 : Marketing Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into the Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Market segmentation, product service, promotion, channel, pricing strategies. Marketing principles in consumer and industrial markets, profit and nonprofit organizations, domestic and international companies, and small and large firms. |
BUS M 361 : Supply Chain, Services, and Operations Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into the Marriott School. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Control and coordination of materials and services from point of origin to final point of consumption to meet customer needs efficiently. |
BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Premanagement and Management 1 cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analyzing ethical dilemmas and understanding ethical theories as they apply to decision making in management. |
ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness.
(3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | For Marriott School of Management majors only. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Theories and concepts for creating effective organizations, e.g., individual, group, and organizational processes and human resource functions, including selection, compensation, and performance management. |
And complete one course from the following:
MANEC 300 : Economics of Market Systems.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | ECON 110; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Decision making, price formation, and economic organization of the firm in market environments. |
MANEC 358 : International Economics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | ECON 110; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | International trade theory and issues, economic integration, trade and development, contemporary trade problems. |
MANEC 387 : Economics of Strategy.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major or strategy minor status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Economic tools influencing the success of strategy (creation and appropriation of value) emphasizing application of economic theory to management of practice. |
- Complete the following additional courses:
ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Marriott School of Management major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to legal principles and institutions affecting business. |
And complete one course from the following:
BUS M 371R : Entrepreneurship Lecture Series.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Lectures by successful entrepreneurs on subjects significant to entrepreneur-type opportunities. |
- Complete the following after the Integrated Management Core has been completed:
- Complete the following finance junior core courses within the same semester:
ACC 440 : Corporate Financial Reporting.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ACC 200 & BUS M 301 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Accounting principles of corporate financial reporting. Judgments managers make preparing financial statement information. How complexities, alternatives, and impacts affect completed financial statements. |
| NOTE: | For nonaccounting majors. |
BUS M 401 : Advanced Financial Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major status; B+ or better in Bus M 301. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure/dividends, mergers and acquisitions, and current financial problems. |
MANEC 453 : Money, Banking, and Business.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | BusM 301 or accounting junior core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Economic analysis of effects of money, banking, and financial institutions on business decisions and aggregate economic activity. |
- Complete at least two finance elective courses from the following. Suggested options are as follows:
Corporate Finance:
BUS M 407 : Risk Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Management of risk exposures in a business setting. The process of identifying, measuring, and dealing with risk. Coverage includes both traditional insurable risks and financial risks. |
BUS M 432 : International Corporate Finance.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 430. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Financial aspects of multinational corporations operating within an international environment; direct foreign investment, foreign exchange regulations, capital markets, etc. |
Asset Management:
BUS M 411 : Advanced Investments.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301 & BUS M 410; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current investment literature, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, capital assets pricing, options pricing theory. |
BUS M 415R : Portfolio Management.
(1.5:1:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 409 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Team management of actual investment portfolio. Responsibility for economic forecasts, security selection, and portfolio strategy |
Entrepreneurial Finance:
BUS M 473 : Creating New Ventures.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Business management core; major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Creating and operating new ventures through the funding stage. Building a business plan through analyzing ideas, customers, markets, and potential financial performance. |
BUS M 474 : Managing New Ventures.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Business management core; major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Operating and growing high-tech or growth businesses after creating a new venture and securing funding. |
BUS M 475 : Financing New Ventures.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Business management core; major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Concepts and skills of entrepreneurship, emphasizing how new and emerging companies are financed. Applying functional tools to case situations. |
Financial Institutions:
BUS M 405 : Management of Financial Institutions.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Management problems of commercial banks and nonbank financial institutions, emphasizing balance sheet management, regulation, and the process of intermediation. |
BUS M 412 : Investments Academy.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 410. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying financial principles to practical investment problems; insights into the investment banking profession. |
International Finance:
BUS M 430 : Introduction to International Business.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Complexities confronting U.S. firms and their management in international environments. Emphasizes functional and planning areas, including organization, market research, financial analysis. |
BUS M 432 : International Corporate Finance.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 430. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Financial aspects of multinational corporations operating within an international environment; direct foreign investment, foreign exchange regulations, capital markets, etc. |
Investment Banking: Complete two of the following courses:
BUS M 411 : Advanced Investments.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301 & BUS M 410; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current investment literature, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, capital assets pricing, options pricing theory. |
BUS M 412 : Investments Academy.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 410. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying financial principles to practical investment problems; insights into the investment banking profession. |
BUS M 415R : Portfolio Management.
(1.5:1:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 409 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Team management of actual investment portfolio. Responsibility for economic forecasts, security selection, and portfolio strategy |
Personal Financial Planning:
BUS M 406 : Insurance and Financial Services Academy.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The process of identifying, measuring, and dealing with personal risk. Introduction to property/casualty as well as life and health insurance issues and products. |
BUS M 418 : Financial Planning.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying financial principles to household decision making, stressing integration between areas. Income tax and estate planning, retirement, investments, portfolio management, and risk management. |
Real Estate: Complete two of the following courses:
BUS M 413 : Real Estate Finance and Investment.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Terminology, concepts, principles, and analytical techniques related to financing of and investment in real estate. |
BUS M 414 : Real Estate Development.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 413. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying financial and real estate principles to practical property investments; insights into the real estate profession. |
BUS M 419 : Real Estate Analysis.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BUS M 301; Major status. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Bus M 413. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Real estate financial investment and valuation analysis incorporating contemporary case studies; advanced analytical techniques, including simulation analysis and advanced valuation and portfolio analysis. |
General Finance: Complete two electives from above except for Bus M 430.
- Complete Marriott School exit survey online.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.