Frequently Asked Questions

The main department office is located at 160 Chandler L. Burns Hall.

Angela Morgan, Ph.D.

Janet Bean or Lorenza Ross

Janet Bean or Lorenza Ross

Visit the registrar's website to find out more about any changes to student or academic records.

Your advisor will sign the necessary forms.

1. If the course is on the TCEL, Print and complete the Approval of Coursework to be Taken Elsewhere form and bring it to your advisor. This form needs to be completed BEFORE you take the course.
2. If the course is not on the TCEL, send Brandon Lockhart a copy of the syllabus. Only courses from AACSB and EQUIS-accredited schools can be transferred to replace a FIN course.

Once he has approved the course, print and complete the Approval of Coursework to be Taken Elsewhere form and bring it to your advisor.

Go to the Transfer Admissions Office at 105 Sikes Hall. Only courses in which you have made a "C" or better can be transferred.

Please put in a closed course request in iROAR. The closed course request list allows us to place students into classes in the order that they need them for graduation. This list also allows us to see if there is demand for another section.

Since the 3000-level FIN courses are the prerequisites for the 4000-level FIN courses, financial management students register for these courses first. Registration coordinators then feed students into courses from the closed course request list.

You must have a GPR of 2.0 or higher and have completed the 30 credit hours outlined in the freshman pre-business curriculum.

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No, as long as 1) your overall GPR is at or above a 2.0, 2) your average FIN-designated GPR is at or above a 2.0 and 3) a "C" or better in this course is not required to take a subsequent course.

No. Financial management and accounting majors take FIN 3110. Other majors normally take FIN 3060. You can substitute FIN 3060 for FIN 3110 if you took FIN 3060 before you were a financial management major.

No. The courses were chosen as prerequisites because knowledge of accounting and statistics is fundamental to the course.

Yes. Course demand for some senior-level courses isn't large enough for those courses to be taught twice a year. We have staggered the offerings within an emphasis area so as not to overwhelm a student within a particular semester. Please see your advisor for information on when courses are offered.

You should be able to take all the required courses in time for graduation. However, if you have fallen behind and a course is not available in the semester in which you graduate, you may have the option of substituting for another approved FIN course. Contact the department chair for more information.

Yes, we offer an internship course, FIN 3990, during the summer. All internships must be approved by the course coordinator prior to enrolling in the course. Visit the "Internships" information under "Other Student Resources."

Financial managers rely on financial statements to make decisions. Whether you are evaluating stocks to decide whether to include them in your investment portfolio, determining how much financing your company needs or examining a proposed real estate development to decide whether to invest, you cannot consistently make good decisions without understanding where the data comes from. Clemson does require more ACCT courses in its curriculum than many other schools, but the corporate recruiters know this and can at least partially explain why students earning B.S. degrees in financial management are sought after.

Yes. The financial planning emphasis area coursework includes all the courses necessary for an accounting minor. The other three emphasis areas allow you to fulfill all the obligations of the accounting minor without extra coursework, so long as you choose your classes correctly. See the advisor for more information.

No.

You must have a 2.0 overall GPR and a 2.0 average in all FIN-designated courses to graduate. For the purposes of the FIN-designated courses, the grade from the most recent time the course was taken is used in the calculation.