2024-2025: A Look Ahead at the New Curriculum Requirements
Freshman Year Credits
  Fall Spring
M 171Q - Calculus I 4  
CSCI 127 - Joy and Beauty of Data 4  
Choose one of the following: 3  
     CLS 101US - Knowledge and Community    
     COMX 111US - Intro to Public Speaking    
University Core Elective 3  
EFIN 101 - Intro to Financial Engineering   1
ECNS 251IS - Honors Economics*   4
M 172Q - Calculus II   4
PHSX 220 - Physics I w/ Calculus   4
WRIT 101W - College Writing I**   3
Year Total: 14 16
Sophomore Year Credits
  Fall Spring
ECNS 313 - Money and Banking 3  
M 273Q - Multivariable Calculus 4  
Choose one of the following: 3  
     EGEN 325 - Engineering Economic Analysis    
     ECNS 345 - Econ Org, Finance and Credit    
University Core and General Electives 6 9
ECNS 301 - Intermediate Micro w/ Calculus   3
M 221 - Intro to Linear Algebra   3
Year Total: 16 15
Junior Year Credits
  Fall Spring
EIND 354 - Engineering Probability and Statistics I 3  
EIND 364 - Principles of Operations Research I 3  
EIND 300 - Engineering Management & Ethics 3  
Professional Elective 3  
University Core and General Elective 3  
EFIN 301 - Engineering and Economic Financial Management I   3
Choose one of the following:   3
     ECNS 403R - Intro to Econometrics    
     EIND 457 - Regressions and Multivariable Analysis    
EIND 464 - Principles of Operations Research II   3
EIND 373 - Production Inventory Cost Analysis   3
Technical Elective   3
Year Total: 15 15
Senior Year Credits
  Fall Spring
EFIN 401 - Engineering and Economic Financial Management II 3  
ECNS 461 - Financial Econometrics 3  
EIND 468 - Managerial Forecasting and Decision Analysis 3  
ECNS 460 - Advanced Data Analytics in Economics 3  
Technical Elective 3  
EFIN 499R - Financial Engineering Design Capstone   3
Professional Electives   6
Technical Elective   3
University Core and General Elective   3
Year Total: 15 15

*May substitute ECNS 251IS for ECNS 202 and ECNS 204IS.

** Students exempt from MSU's writing core requirement must still take a college level writing course. Pre-approved substitutions are WRIT 201, WRIT 221, HONR 201US, HONR 202IH if not used to satisfy another requirement.

 

Economics of Ag Marketing
3
Advanced Ag Marketing
3
Agribusiness Management
3
Investments
3
Corporate Finance
3
International Finance
3
Entrepreneurial Finance
3
Commercial Bank Management
3
Derivative Securities and Risk Management
3
Special Topics
1-4
Principles of Business Law
3
Supply Chain Analytics
3
Intermediate Macro w/ Calc
3
Health Economics
3
Labor Economics
3
International Economics
3
Economics of Crime & Risky Behaviors
3
Economic Policy Development
3
Public Finance
3
Economics of Natural Resources
3
Intro to Econometrics
3
Economic Policy Evaluation
3
Behavioral & Experimental Econ
3
Undergraduate Research
1-8
Independent Study
1-3
Multidisciplinary Engineering Design
3
Independent Study
1-3
Technology Entrepreneurship
3
Project Management for Engineers
3

Notes:

 
CSCI 347 Data Mining 3
CSCI 440 Database Systems 3
CSCI 446 Artificial Intelligence 3
CSCI 447 Machine Learning 3
ECNS 309 Managerial Economics 3
ECNS 501 Microeconomic Theory I 3
ECNS 502 Macroeconomic Theory I 3
ECNS 560 Advanced Data Analytics in Economics 3
ECNS 561 Econometrics I 3
ECNS 562 Econometrics II 3
EIND 422 Intro to Simulation 3
EIND 455 Design of Experiments for Engineers 3
EIND 458 Production and Engineering Management 3
EIND 477 Quality Management Systems 3
ESOF 322 Software Engineering 3
ESOF 422 Advanced Software Engineering 3
ESOF 522 Empirical Software Engineering 3
M 274 Intro to Differential Equations 4
M 441 Numerical Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
STAT 408 Statistical Computing and Graphical Analysis 3
STAT 421 Probability Theory 3

Notes:

  • Total of 3 Professional Electives, 9 credits.

 

A minimum of 125 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above.

Financial Engineering students seeking a minor in Economics must complete 3 upper division directed elective courses beyond the requirements for their major.

Financial Engineering students seeking a seeking a second major in Economics must complete 5 upper division directed elective courses beyond the requirements for their primary major.