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Make fearless financial decisions that shape the future.
Businesses, financial institutions, and organizations depend on professionals who can evaluate risk, manage investments, forecast growth, and make sound financial decisions. At SEMO, you'll build those skills through coursework, applied experiences, and opportunities that connect classroom learning with the financial industry.
While pursuing a bachelor of science in finance at SEMO, you’ll start your journey toward a career in financial planning, investment banking, risk management, insurance and more. Your coursework and experiential learning experiences will prepare you with problem-solving skills employers seek.
Gain hands-on portfolio management experience by working with a real-money investment portfolio and applying classroom concepts to actual market decisions.
Visit organizations including the Federal Reserve, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Mercantile Exchange while attending finance conferences that introduce you to industry professionals.
Small class sizes mean you'll work closely with award-winning faculty who provide personalized guidance throughout your education.
A finance degree opens doors across nearly every industry. SEMO graduates develop analytical, communication, and decision-making skills that prepare them for careers in corporate finance, banking, investments, financial planning, insurance, and consulting.
Graduates pursue careers such as:
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In the finance program at Southeast Missouri State University, you’ll learn financial management and financial planning. You’ll complete a minimum of 120 credit hours to complete this degree, including the general education requirements and at least 39 senior division hours.
A grade of ‘C’ is required in each core course.
* International Course taken to meet Business Administration Core requirement may not be counted on a major.
Some courses may fulfill General Education requirements. A grade of ‘C’ or better is required in each support course.
All 100 and 200 level core and support courses are pre-requisite to all 300 level business core and business major courses.
Requirements may be fulfilled by coursework in major program.
Milestone: Achieve a minimum 2.25 overall GPA
Milestone: Achieve a minimum 2.25 overall GPA
Milestone: Maintain a 2.25 overall GPA and 2.25 major GPA
Milestone: Maintain a 2.25 overall GPA and 2.25 major GPA
A “Milestone” signifies a significant stage for a student in the completion of a degree.
“Critical Courses” are italicized and bolded. Data shows that students who have completed this course in the first two years and have earned the noted grade are most likely to complete this program of study.
Summer courses are encouraged to avoid 18-hour semesters.
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