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Courses

Explore flagship courses in economics, finance, and insurance and risk management at UL Lafayette, and find the full curriculum for each degree.

The courses below are a sample of what you'll take in each major, from foundational classes to the hands-on seminars that cap off your degree. For the complete list of required courses, electives, and the recommended sequence for each degree and concentration, visit Curriculum & Catalogs.

Courses Every Major Takes

Each degree in the department is 120 credit hours, and all three share a common business foundation. Along with the university's General Education courses, every economics, finance, and insurance and risk management major takes:

Economics & Analytics

  • ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics
  • QMET 251: Fundamentals of Business Analytics
  • INFX 205: Information Technology and Data Applications
  • MATH 250: Survey of Calculus

Business Core

  • ACCT 201: Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACCT 202: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  • BLAW 310: The Legal Environment of Business
  • FNAN 300: Business Finance
  • MGMT 320: Management of Behavior and Organizations
  • MKTG 345: Principles of Marketing

Ethics & Strategy

  • PHIL 316: Professional Ethics (insurance and risk management majors may take MGMT 401: Ethical Decision Making instead)
  • MGMT 490: Strategic Management, the capstone course you take in your final semester

Courses by Program

Building on that foundation, economics majors take intermediate macroeconomics and price theory, money and banking, international economics, and econometrics, then choose economics electives that match their interests. Highlights include:

  • ECON 325: Price Theory Analysis — Go deeper into how markets set prices, with hands-on classroom activities that bring concepts like diminishing returns to life.
  • ECON 388: Introduction to Economic Measurement and Analytics — Learn the tools economists use to measure economic activity and analyze data.
  • ECON 418G: Introductory Econometrics — Apply statistical methods to real economic data to test theories and forecast outcomes.
  • ECON 421: Undergraduate Economic Research — Complete an original research project applying economics to a question you choose.

Building on that foundation, finance majors take courses in financial statement analysis, money and banking, financial problems analysis, investments, international finance, and financial information systems, along with advanced business analytics and an insurance course. Highlights include:

  • FNAN 307: Credit and Financial Statement Analysis — Learn to read financial statements and evaluate the financial health and creditworthiness of a business.
  • FNAN 405G: Investments — Study how securities markets work and how investors build and evaluate portfolios.
  • FNAN 412: International Finance — Explore how exchange rates and global markets affect businesses and investors.
  • FNAN 485: Student Managed Investment Portfolio (finance elective) — Research stocks on Bloomberg Terminals in the Maraist Financial Services Lab and present investment recommendations for a real portfolio to the UL Lafayette Foundation's Investment Committee.

Building on that foundation, insurance and risk management majors take finance courses in financial statement analysis, investments, and international finance, then build expertise across the major lines of insurance. Highlights include:

  • INSR 310: Principles of Risk and Insurance — An introduction to life, health, property, and liability insurance, and how individuals and businesses manage and finance risk.
  • INSR 441: Property and Casualty Insurance — Learn how individuals and businesses protect property and manage liability risk.
  • INSR 452: Life and Health Insurance — Study the coverage that protects people and families, from life insurance to health plans.
  • INSR 454: Employee Benefits — Learn how employers design and manage benefit programs like health coverage and retirement plans.
  • INSR 492: Seminar in Business Risk Management — Analyze the risks a real business faces and present a risk management proposal you can show employers in job interviews.

Courses by Concentration

Available to economics and insurance & risk management majors. Adds 9 credit hours.

Take three upper-level business law (BLAW) courses at the 300 or 400 level, beyond BLAW 310: The Legal Environment of Business that every major takes. Options include courses like BLAW 330: Employment Law and BLAW 430: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.

Available to insurance & risk management majors. Adds 12 credit hours.

  • MGMT 365: Fundamentals of Human Resources Management
  • MGMT 398: Internship in Management
  • MGMT 415: Effective Management of Employee Relations

Available to finance and insurance & risk management majors.

  • One International Business core course from the concentration's approved list (other than FNAN 412)
  • Globally focused General Education courses: your history and social/behavioral sciences courses are chosen from the International Business concentration's approved list

Available to insurance & risk management majors. Adds 12 credit hours.

  • MKTG 357: Professional Sales
  • MKTG 360: Sales Management
  • MKTG 457: Advanced Professional Sales

Plan Your Courses

Your degree requirements are set by the catalog in effect when you started at UL Lafayette. Find your degree plan on Curriculum & Catalogs and work with your Academic Advisor each semester to choose your courses.