The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four Year Plan: Business Administration (BA/BS), Finance Track
Semester 1
- TRU 120: First Year Seminar (3 cr)
- BSAD 153: Intro to Business Data Analytics (or sem. 2) (1 cr)
- Math Course (as placed) (3-5 cr)
- COMM 170: Public Speaking (3 cr)
Choose 3-6 hours from:
- Foreign Language (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (3 cr)
Semester 2
- Math Course (as placed) (3-5 cr), OR STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3 cr)
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking (3 cr)
- BSAD 153: Intro to Business Data Analytics (or sem. 1) (1 cr)
Choose 5-10 hours from:
- Foreign Language (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (3 cr)
Semester 3
- Math or Statistics (as needed) (3-5 cr)
- ACCT 220: Intro to Financial Accounting (3 cr)
- BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business (or sem. 4) (3 cr)
- ECON 200: Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr), OR ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr), OR ECON 205: Principles of Economics (5 cr)
- DATA 222: Data Science (or sem. 4) (3 cr)
Choose 3-6 hours from:
- Foreign Language (If BA) (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (3 cr)
Semester 4
- Math or Statistics (as needed) (3-5 cr)
- ACCT 221: Intro to Management Accounting (3 cr)
- BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business (or sem. 3) (3 cr)
- Principles of Economics (as needed) (3-5 cr)
- DATA 222: Data Science (or sem. 3) (3 cr)
- Missouri Statute Course (3 cr)
Choose 3-6 hours from:
- Foreign Language (If BA) (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (3 cr)
Semester 5
- BSAD 349: Organizational Behavior (3 cr)
- BSAD 329: Principles of Finance (3 cr)
- BSAD 353: Information Management and Data Analytics (or sem. 6) (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (as needed) (3 cr)
Semester 6
- BSAD 325: Principles of Marketing (3 cr)
- BSAD 352: Operations Management (3 cr)
- BSAD 353: Information Management & Data Analytics (or sem. 5) (3 cr)
- Perspective Course (as needed) (3 cr)
- Bachelor of Science Requirement (as needed) (3 cr)
Semester 7
- BSAD 420: Investments (3 cr) (fall only)
- BSAD 406: Corporate Finance (3 cr) (fall only)
- Perspective Course/Elective (as needed) (3 cr)
- Bachelor of Science Requirement (as needed) (3 cr)
- Required Support Course (as needed) (3 cr)
Semester 8
- BSAD 441: WE/Seminar in Finance (3 cr) (spring only)
- BSAD 460: WE/Strategic Management: Capstone (3 cr)
- Finance Concentration Course (3 cr)
- Bachelor of Science Requirement (as needed) (3 cr)
- Required Support Course (as needed) (3 cr)
NOTES:
- Finance elective options include:
- ACCT 302: Intermediate Financial Accounting I,
- ACCT 303: Intermediate Financial Accounting II,
- ACCT 319: Cost/Management Accounting,
- BSAD 415: Entrepreneurship,
- BSAD 416: Business Analytics,
- BSAD 435: Derivatives and Risk Management,
- BSAD 455: International Financial Management, and
- ECON 430: Money and Banking
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above. Rev. 7-29-24
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.
Sample Plans for Related Majors
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