Department of Finance

Fill out the attached application making sure you supply typed answers to the questions and attach a check for $100 payable to Miami University. Do not submit cash. These funds will be used to cover expenses such as entrance fees and accommodations. You must also complete the Risk Waiver Form that you will find attached to this document. You cannot attend the Wall Street Week program without having one of these forms on file. You must also provide a one-page current resume; and, complete the FERPA Release Form that is attached to this document. Completed applications must be received in FSB, Room 2053 no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, November 20, 2009. You will be notified by Friday, November 27, 2009 if you have been accepted. If you are not accepted, the check will be returned.

The School of Business moved into the new building in early July 2009. There are still some small details being finished, but we look forward to seeing students this fall.

Our department office is in the NW corner (close to Pearson & the Psychology buildings). While our department office is on the second floor in the NW corner, all the School of Business professors are intermingled. Therefore we are providing you with a map of the building so that you can find professors more easily.

We kept our phone numbers when we moved, so hopefully that will make it a bit easier to find your professors.

On January 18, 2006 the Finance Department voted to delete the FIN2 and FIN3 thematic sequences. Any student currently enrolled in the sequences will be able to complete them.

The department also voted to limit access to the Risk Management and Insurance Minor and the Finance Minor to non-business majors only. If a student has two majors, one in and one out of the School of Business, the minor is not available to them. Any student already registered for a Minor will be able to complete it.

Note: Whether you are a Finance major or not please make sure that you select and get admitted to a thematic sequence and/or minor as early as you can. Departments limit the number of seats for each. Because of the limit or other criteria you may not be able to get into the minor or thematic sequence of your choice.

There are new course designations for Business Legal Studies (BLS) and Entrepreneurship (ESP) effective for the Fall Semester 200610. Courses changed include the following:

OLD	Course Title	NEW
FIN 342	Legal Environment of Business (3)	BLS 342
FIN 437	Cyberlaw (3)	BLS 437
FIN 442	Business Associations and Commercial Law (3)	BLS 442
FIN 443	Property Law (3)	BLS 443
FIN 462	Estates, Wills, and Trusts (3)	BLS 462
FIN 464	International Business Law (3)	BLS 464
FIN 465	Ethics, Law, and Business (3)	BLS 465
FIN 483	Comparative International Law (4)	BLS 483
FIN 665	Business and its Legal Environment (3)	BLS 665
New Course	Mock Trial Practicum (1)	BLS 235

For Entrepreneurship:

OLD	Course Title	NEW
BUS 201	Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3)	ESP 201
BUS 366	Imagination, Entrepreneurship, and Business Problem-Solving (3)	ESP 366
BUS 467	Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (4)	ESP 467
MKT 481	Technology, Products, and Ventures (3)	ESP 481

Note: Curriculum Change. All new students admitted to Miami beginning 200510 (Fall 2004-2005) or after are subject to new elective restrictions. Your DAR will reflect this change as courses that you are not able to use for a Finance elective.

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