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LSU Shreveport 2023-24 Catalog 
    
LSU Shreveport 2023-24 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Finance (Insurance), BS


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Finance teaches the techniques that managers use to make and evaluate all types of organizational decisions. In addition to careers in corporate finance, investments, and banking, this major allows students to prepare for a wide range of organizational activities. The Finance student is also able to prepare for a specialized job in the rapidly growing financial services industry: Insurance, Real Estate, Brokerage, Financial Planning, and Portfolio Management.

The Insurance concentration is designed to introduce the student to careers in Insurance Sales and Underwriting.

University Requirements


^FRESHMAN SEMINAR: Required of all first-time freshmen and all transfer students with fewer than 30 total semester hours of credit.

Credit Hours: 3


General Education Requirements


English Composition


Social and Behavioral Sciences


Mathematics*


*See General Education Course Requirements  under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Natural Sciences*


*See General Education Course Requirements  under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Humanities*


*See General Education Course Requirements  under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Fine/Performing Arts*


*See General Education Course Requirements  under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Credit Hours: 39


Business Core Requirements


Credit Hours: 30


Credit Hours: 15


Electives


  • Free electives 33 Credit Hour(s)

Credit Hours: 33


Total Credit Hours: 120


NOTE: Students must earn a minimum grade of C or better in all 300/400-level Finance courses comprising the major.

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