FIN at Western Kentucky University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FIN coursework.

• MATH 137Calculus IIopens 20 courses (1.2 directly)
• ACCT 220Principles of Financial Accountingopens 19 courses (0.5 directly)
• MATH 237Multivariable Calculusopens 19 courses (0.2 directly)
• FIN 330Principles of Financeopens 18 courses (12 directly)
• FIN 399Career Readiness in Financeopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• FIN 332Investment Theoryopens 5 courses (3.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FIN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 38 FIN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more FIN course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FIN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FIN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at FIN 403

  1. MATH 136Calculus I
  2. MATH 137Calculus II
  3. MATH 237Multivariable Calculus
  4. FIN 330Principles of Finance
  5. FIN 399Career Readiness in Finance
  6. FIN 332Investment Theory
  7. FIN 403Security Licensing and Investment Accreditations Lab

• 3 courses deep, ending at FIN 450

  1. FIN 161Personal Finance
  2. FIN 333Advanced Topics in PFP 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. FIN 450Financial Plan Development

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FIN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FIN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FIN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.