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Financial Markets (120 Credits)
Certification Requirement:
- Completion of at least 24 semester hours of coursework.
- Minimum WSU cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- To maintain certification, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in ECONS 301, 302, and 311 is required.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MATH 2011 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]2 | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
MATH 202 [QUAN]1 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ACCTG 230 | 3 |
COM 102 [COMM], COM 210 [COMM], or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 301 | 3 |
MIS 250 | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]2 | 3 or 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
ACCTG 231 | 3 |
Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
ECONS 302 | 3 |
MGTOP 215 | 4 |
Electives | 2 |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
ECONS 311 [M] | 3 |
ECONS 320 | 3 |
ECONS 322 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 300-400-level Elective | 3 |
ECONS 420 | 3 |
FIN 325 | 3 |
Financial Markets Option Required Course3 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 300-400-level Elective | 3 |
ECONS 483, 495, 497, 499, or HONORS 450 | 3 |
ENGLISH 301, 402 [M], 403 [M] | 3 |
FIN 421 OR 427 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 400-level Elective | 3 |
ECONS 425 or 427 | 3 |
ECONS 490 [M] [CAPS] | 3 |
Financial Markets Option Required Course3 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Footnotes
1 | Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171. |
2 | For a total of 7 credits—one Biological Science [BSCI] and one Physical Science [PSCI] course, including one lab course, or 8 credits of [SCI] designated courses. (SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI], which is offered Spring semester.) |
3 | Financial Markets option (6 credits): Approved courses include ECONS 424, FIN 350, 456, STAT/MATH 360; and one 400-level ECONS course not used to fulfill major requirements. |
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