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Course Paths

You can think of course paths as your roadmap to graduation. Course paths are the recommended courses you should take each semester. The paths are divided by years and semesters.

Economics

You can download printable versions of the course paths using the link at the bottom of each path.

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 140 Algebra (4 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Creative Perspective (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

    • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Literacy & Philosophical Perspectives (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Year 2 total (30 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Science and Lab (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (1 hour)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 330 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Historical Perspectives (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Year 3 total (30 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 331 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 380 Business and Economic Data Analytics (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 485 Applied Econometrics (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 499 Senior Seminar in Economics (3 hours)

    • ECO 460 International Trade and Finance (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.S. in Economics course path as a PDF

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 140 College Algebra (4 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Creative Perspectives (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

    • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Literacy & Philosophical Perspectives (3 hours)

    • Global Language 101 (3 hours)

Year 2 total (30 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Global Language 102 (3 hours)

    • Science and Lab (4 hours)

    • Approved general elective (1 hour)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 330 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course — Historical Perspectives (3 hours)

    • Global Language 201 (3 hours)

Year 3 total (30 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 331 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 380 Business and Economic Data Analytics

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 485 Applied Econometrics (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 499 Senior Seminar in Economics (3 hours)

    • ECO 460 International Trade and Finance (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.A. in Economics course path as a PDF

(For students transferring with an Associates degree.)

Contact Transfer Admissions for information about course equivalencies and transfer credit. This timeline is meant to serve as a guide and assumes students have taken the following courses or their equivalents during their community college career:

  • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting

  • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics

  • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics

  • CSC199 Introduction to Information Technology

  • MAT 220 or 250 Business Calculus or Calculus I

Electives and minor requirements may be taken at any time with advisor consent.

Course Path

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 331 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 380 Business and Economic Data Analytics (3 hours)

    • ECO 330 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

Year 2 total (30 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 485 Applied Econometrics (3 hours)

    • ECO Advanced Elective (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • ECO 499 Senior Seminar in Economics (3 hours)

    • ECO 460 International Trade and Finance (3 hours)

    • Minor requirement (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

    • Approved general elective (3 hours)

  • Students need 120 total hours with a minimum GPA, overall and in the major/minor, of 2.0 to graduate from Murray State.

  • The major accounts for 30 of the required 42 upper level electives.

Download Economics course path for Transfer students as a pdf

Finance

You can download printable versions of the course paths using the link at the bottom of each path.

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Eco 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

Year 3 total (29 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Approved business elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy

    • LSC 343 Fundamentals of Operations (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Systems and Decision Making (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.S.B. in Finance course path as a pdf

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 101 (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Eco 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro. to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 102 (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 201 (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance (3 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Foreign Language 202 (3 hours)

Year 3 total (29 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy (3 hours)

    • LSC 343 Fundamentals of Operations and Tech. (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Syst. And Decision Making (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective  (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.A.B. in Finance course path as a pdf

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

Year 3 total (29 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Approved business elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy

    • LSC 343 Fundamentals of Operations (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Systems and Decision Making (3 hours)

    • FIN 350 Intro to Counter Threat Fin. Method (3 hours)

    • FIN 537 Commercial Banking (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • FIN 344 Principles of Lending and Fin. Statements (3 hours)

    • FIN 354 Compliance Issues (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.S.B. in Finance/Commercial Banking course path as a pdf

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 101 (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Eco 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro. to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 102 (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 201 (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance (3 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Foreign Language 202 (3 hours)

Year 3 total (29 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy (3 hours)

    • LSC 343 Fundamentals of Operations and Tech. (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

Year 4 total (30 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Syst. And Decision Making (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • FIN 350 Intro to Counter Threat Fin. Method. (3 hours)

    • FIN 537 Commercial Banking (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (15 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • FIN 344 Principles of Lending and Fin. Statements  (3 hours)

    • FIN 354 Compliance Issues (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.A.B. in Finance/Commercial Banking course path as a pdf

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Eco 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

Year 3 total (32 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (18 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

    • FIN 331 Principles of Insurance (in summer only) (3 hours)

Year 4 total (27 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Systems and Decision Making (3 hours)

    • ACC 302 Federal Income Tax (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • FIN 338 Estate Planning (3 hours)

    • Unrestricted elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (12 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • FIN 336 Employee Benefits and Retirement (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.S.B. in Finance/Financial Planning course path as a pdf

Year 1 total (30 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 100T Transitions (1 hour)

    • MAT 220 Business Calculus (3 hours)

    • ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry (4 hours)

    • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 101 (3 hours)

  • Year 1: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • HUM 211 The Humanities Tradition (3 hours)

    • STA 135 Intro. to Probability and Statistics (4 hours)

    • Eco 230 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)

    • CSC 199 Intro. to Information Technology (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 102 (3 hours)

Year 2 total (31 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)

    • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 hours)

    • CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I/II (3 hours)

    • LST 240 The Legal Environment of Business (3 hours)

    • Foreign Language 201 (3 hours)

  • Year 2: Semester 2 (16 hours)

    • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 hours)

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance (3 hours)

    • BUS 215 Business Communication (3 hours)

    • Science with Lab (4 hours)

    • Foreign Language 202 (3 hours)

Year 3 total (32 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 1 (14 hours)

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment (3 hours)

    • MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hours)

    • MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hours)

    • CIS 343 Business Statistics II (2 hours)

    • Ethics Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 3: Semester 2 (18 hours)

    • FIN 332 Financial Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions (3 hours)

    • ECO 310 Issues in Global Economy (3 hours)

    • LSC 343 Fundamentals of Operations and Tech. (3 hours)

    • University Studies Course (3 hours)

    • FIN 331 Principles of Insurance (summer only - 3 hours)

Year 4 total (27 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 1 (15 hours)

    • BUS 355 Information Syst. And Decision Making (3 hours)

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking (3 hours)

    • ACC 302 Federal Income Tax (3 hours)

    • FIN 338 Estate Planning (3 hours)

    • Limited Finance Elective (3 hours)

  • Year 4: Semester 2 (12 hours)

    • BUS 442 Business Ethics and Environments (3 hours)

    • MGT 590 Strategic Management (3 hours)

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar in Finance (3 hours)

    • FIN 336 Employee Benefits and Retirement (3 hours)

Total program (120 hours)

Download B.A.B. in Finance/Financial Planning course path as a pdf

(For students transferring with an Associates degree.)

Contact Transfer Admissions for information about course equivalencies and transfer credit. This timeline is meant to serve as a guide and assumes students have taken the following courses or their equivalents during their community college career:

  • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting

  • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting

  • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics

  • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics

  • CSC 199 Introduction to Information Technology

  • MAT 220 or 250 Business Calculus or Calculus I

  • MAT 135 or CIS 243 and 343 Introduction to Probability and Statistics or Business Statistics

Electives and minor requirements may be taken at any time with advisor consent.

Course Path

  • Year 1: Fall

    • IN 330 Principles of Finance

      (ACC 200 required)

      Note: FIN 330 is required for all subsequent FIN courses

    • Business core courses

  • Year 1: Spring

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions

    • FIN 332 Financial Management

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking

      (ECO 230 and 231 required)

    • FIN elective

    • Business core courses

  • Year 2: Fall

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment

    • FIN elective

    • Business core courses

  • Year 2: Spring

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar

    • FIN elective

    • FIN elective

    • Business core courses

  • Students must take 4 FIN electives in their final three semesters at Murray State. These can be taken at any time.

  • Students must complete the Business core, these courses can be taken at any time.

  • Students need 120 total hours with a minimum GPA, overall and in the major/minor, of 2.0 to graduate from Murray State.

  • 40 hours of course work must be taken at Murray State.

Download Finance Transfer path as a pdf

(For students transferring with an Associates degree.)

Contact Transfer Admissions for information about course equivalencies and transfer credit. This timeline is meant to serve as a guide and assumes students have taken the following courses or their equivalents during their community college career:

  • ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting

  • ACC 201 Principles of Managerial Accounting

  • ECO 230 Principles of Macroeconomics

  • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics

  • CSC 199 Introduction to Information Technology

  • MAT 220 or 250 Business Calculus or Calculus I

  • MAT 135 or CIS 243 and 343 Introduction to Probability and Statistics or Business Statistics

Electives and minor requirements may be taken at any time with advisor consent.

Course Path

  • Year 1: Fall

    • FIN 330 Principles of Finance

      (ACC 200 required)

      Note: FIN 330 is required for all subsequent FIN courses

    • Business core courses

  • Year 1: Spring

    • FIN 334 Banking and Financial Institutions

    • FIN 332 Financial Management

    • Business core courses

  • Summer:

    • FIN 331 Principles of Insurance

      (web course - only offered in summer)

  • Year 2: Fall

    • FIN 333 Principles of Investment

    • FIN 338 Estate Planning

    • Business core courses

  • Year 2: Spring

    • ECO 305 Money and Banking

    • FIN 480 Senior Seminar

    • FIN 336 Employee Benefits and Retirement

    • Business core courses

  • Students must complete the Business core, these courses can be taken at any time.

  • Students need 120 total hours with a minimum GPA, overall and in the major/minor, of 2.0 to graduate from Murray State.

  • 40 hours of course work must be taken at Murray State.

Download Finance/Financial Planning Transfer path as a pdf

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