2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
99
PS 355
PY 308
RE 215
RE 235
RE 353
RE 375
SO 235
SO 370
THA 104
THA 403
UES 310
UES 380
Designated courses address leadership in some way and require a project focused on
leadership. Regular term courses that fulfill leadership studies requirements are noted in
the course description and can be identified in Self-Service. Exploration term projects
that qualify as leadership studies designated courses will be noted in the Exploration
Term Bulletin. With permission of the program coordinator, students may complete an
independent study contract or internship to fulfill program requirements. Other courses
may also qualify: students who see a connection to leadership in a particular course and
wish to use the course to fulfill program requirements should contact the professor and
the program coordinator at the beginning of the term to complete a DLS course contract.
The Intercultural Leadership Summer Program at the European Study Center in
Strasbourg, France, may be used to fulfill one of the designated course requirements.
Contact the program director for additional information about this option.
Upon enrollment in a leadership studies designated course, students must indicate to the
professor at the beginning of the term that they intend to use the course in fulfillment of
the DLS requirements, and should plan to complete a project or paper focused on
leadership in order to earn credit towards the DLS program.
Mathematical Finance
Bachelor of Science
Paul A. Cleveland, Kathleen Greer, Douglas A. Riley,
Sara H. Robicheaux
Mathematical finance is the interdisciplinary study of financial markets. The major
employs economic theory to evaluate how time, risk, opportunity costs, and information
can create incentives for a particular decision; develops advanced mathematical tools
necessary to study and understand financial markets; and provides a foundation in
business finance. A major in mathematical finance provides an academic framework to
explore the role of financial markets and intermediaries in the allocation (and
misallocation) of capital. Among the topics studied in mathematical finance are financial
markets, banks and other financial intermediaries, asset valuation, portfolio allocation,
regulation and corporate governance. Students who enjoy abstract economics analysis,
applied financial analysis, and advanced mathematics will find the major interesting and
challenging.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024