Naveen Jindal School of Management

Finance and Economics (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (129 semester credit hours)

EPPS Faculty

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Professors: Daniel G. Arce @dga071000, Kurt J. Beron @kberon, Dong Li @dxl145430, Donggyu Sul @dxs093000

Associate Professors: Seth Giertz @sxg154831, Darwin (Trey) Miller @dwm052000, Irina Panovska @ixp190001, Kevin Siqueira @kjs064000, Victor Valcarcel @vjv150130

Assistant Professors: Anne Burton @axb210050, Joan Camilo Grandos Castro @cxg220001, Jonas Hedlund @jxh180030, Maria (Camila) Morales @mcm200006

Professor Emeritus: James Murdoch @murdoch, Todd Sandler @tms063000

Associate Professor of Instruction: Luba Ketsler @lxk010300

Assistant Professor of Instructiion: William Grover @wcg071000

JSOM Faculty

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Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Harold Zhang @hxz054000

Associate Professors: Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Steven Xiao @sxx150930

Associate Professor Emeritus: David J. Springate @spring8

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130

Clinical Associate Professor: Carolyn Reichert @carolyn

Clinical Assistant Professors: Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Liping Ma @lxm133730

Professors of Instruction: Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Hirofumi Nishi @hxn210016, Daniel Sibley @dcs170002

Assistant Professor of Instruction: Joseph Mauriello @jam151430

Professor of Practice: Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz

Associate Professors of Practice: Julie Lynch @jxl180030, Jennifer Murray @jrm160330, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Steven Haynes @sxh102420

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours

Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I¹

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses (see advisor and degree requirements)

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{1, 2}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses²

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{1, 2}

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses

II. Major Requirements: 87 semester credit hours

Students must always meet all course prerequisites.

Major Preparatory Courses: 16 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

EPPS 1110 Critical Issues in the Social Sciences

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting¹

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting¹

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law¹

OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis^{1, 10}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics¹

Complete the following courses if not already completed as part of the Core Curriculum requirements

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics¹

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics¹

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{3, 4} (Required for all JSOM undergraduate students. May elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325.)

Major Core Courses: 49-52 semester credit hours

BA 1105 Professional Development (JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BA 1105 in their first semester)

or BA 3105 Professional Development (Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BA 3105 in their first semester)

BCOM 3300 Business Communication

ECON 3310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory¹

ECON 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory¹

ECON 4351 Mathematical Economics

ECON 4355 Econometrics

FIN 3320 Business Finance

FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling

FIN 4310 Intermediate Financial Management

FIN 4300 Investment Management

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

BUAN 3301 AI in Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Human Resource Management in Business

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

Experiential Learning

A capstone course is required for all undergraduate JSOM students.

FIN 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Finance⁵

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business⁵

or FIN 4328 Real Estate Valuation

or FIN 4333 Enterprise Risk Management

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. A student may earn up to 3 semester credit hours with FIN 4V80, which can be used as one of the FIN upper-division courses.

FIN 4V80 Finance Internship

FIN 4080 Finance Internship

Students are required to complete 100 hours of community engagement experience with registration in the course below.

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum⁶

Major Related Courses: 19-22 semester credit hours

Finance Electives: 7-10 semester credit hours

Students may also substitute up to 6 semester credit hours with ACCT, ITSS, MATH, MECO, or STAT courses that are not used elsewhere on the student's degree plan. A student's request will be formally reviewed for approval or denial.

FIN 3300 Personal Finance

FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

FIN 3340 Regulation of Business and Financial Markets

FIN 3350 Financial Markets and Institutions

FIN 3358 Real Estate Markets and Investments

FIN 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance

FIN 3365 Real Estate Finance and Principles

FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

FIN 3375 Life and Estate Planning

FIN 3380 International Financial Management

FIN 3395 Financial Modeling and Valuation

FIN 4305 Fixed Income Securities Analysis

FIN 4307 Private Equity

FIN 4315 Behavioral Economics and Finance

FIN 4320 Management of Financial Institutions and Technology

FIN 4321 Real Estate Law and Contracts

FIN 4322 Financial Technology

FIN 4328 Real Estate Valuation⁷

FIN 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

FIN 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

FIN 4333 Enterprise Risk Management⁷

FIN 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

FIN 4335 Financial Aspects of Retirement, Compensation, and Employee Benefits

Economics Electives: 12 semester credit hours

Choose four courses from the following:

ECON 3312 Money and Banking

ECON 3332 Economic Geography

ECON 4301 Game Theory

ECON 4310 Managerial Economics

ECON 4342 Public Policies Toward Business

ECON 4345 Industrial Organization

ECON 4360 International Trade

ECON 4382 International Finance

ECON 4385 Business and Economic Forecasting

ECON 4396 Selected Topics in Economics

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

1. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes in Economics and Finance.

2. ECON 2301 and ECON 2302 are required for the FIN/ECON prescribed double major.

3. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

4. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

5. BPS 4395 can be taken instead of FIN 4395 only if FIN 4395 is not available.

6. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BA 4095, BPS 4396, ENTP 4340, MKT 4360, or OPRE 4391. The zero semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

7. Can be used to fulfill elective hours if not counted as a Major Core Course.