Program Description

The mission of the Department of Economics and Finance at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is to provide students with the educational experience necessary to succeed in a competitive global environment. We offer both business and non-business degree programs.

Students who are interested in Finance can earn a Finance Business Administration degree with concentrations in Banking, Corporate Finance and Investments or Real Estate. Each of these concentrations offers the student a program of study that leads to a traditional career path in his or her chosen field.

Banking Concentration: 27 credits

• FNCE 3300 – Principles of Investment (3 credits)
• FNCE 3500 – Capital Budgeting (3 credits)
• FNCE 4620 – Financial Analysis and Policy (3 credits)
• ECON 3310 – Monetary Economics (3 credits)
• FNCE 4447 – Banking and Financial Intermediation (3 credits)
• FNCE 4520 – Bank Policy (3 credits)

Choose three of the following for nine (9) credits:

• ACCT 3010 – Financial Accounting I (3 credits)
• ACCT 3020 – Financial Accounting II (3 credits)
• ECON 3040 – Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• ECON 3800 – Econometrics I (3 credits)
• FNCE 4320 – Real Estate Appraisals (3 credits)
• FNCE 4330 – Real Estate Finance (3 credits)
• FNCE 4500 – Credit Management (3 credits)
• FNCE 4560 – Portfolio Theory and Valuation (3 credits)
• FNCE 4617 – Applied Equity Valuation (3 credits)
• FNCE 4905 – Banking Internship (3 credits)
• FNCE 4597 – International Financial Management (3 credits)
• FNCE 4957 – Topics in Finance (1-6 credits)