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Poole College of Management
Poole College of Management
Undergraduate Programs

Fall 2025 Course and Curriculum Updates

Read below for information about the Fall 2025 schedule, information about specific courses being offered, and important notes for scheduling.  The most up-to-date information on enrolling in Poole courses can always be found at go.ncsu.edu/poole_courses. If you have questions that aren't answered or need more information, contact the advising team or poole_scheduling@ncsu.edu.

General Curriculum/Scheduling Information

  • IMPORTANT: If you are taking a course that is mentioned below as counting in an Accounting or Business concentration, but is not on the degree audit, it will be moved on your audit by the Poole Student Records office after census date.

Accounting Courses

  • ACC 280: Survey of Financial and Managerial Accounting is an accounting course for non-Poole majors who are interested in learning more about accounting, or who need one accounting course to complete their degree.  This course will count towards the Business Administration and Business Entrepreneurship minors, but will not count towards any Poole major. Please note this course does not fulfill the prerequisite for BUS 320.
  • ACC 495-001is a special topics course, Business Research for Undergraduates. It is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. This course can count as the accounting elective for Accounting Majors and as an elective for Accounting Minors.

Business Courses

  • Students in the Business Administration minor can take any section of the 300-level courses that count towards the minor – there are seats reserved for minors in each of the sections. If those seats are full, you’ll be added to the waitlist.
  • BUS 458-002H and BUS 459-001H – Are restricted to only students in the Business Analytics Honors Program.
  • BUS 480: Capstone Security Valuation and Portfolio Management is a project-based capstone course for students pursuing the finance concentration. This course focuses on practical applications of security selection and modern portfolio theory. Students will use cutting edge industry methods to implement theory into practice. Students will learn technical skills in valuation/forecasting models, investment decision making process, portfolio management, and performance attribution in this advanced quantitative course.
    • Prerequisite: BUS 420
    • This course will fulfill the MIE 480 requirement for the students in the Finance concentration. If you have already taken MIE 480, it will count as a free elective. Please note it will NOT count as a finance concentration elective.
  • BUS 495-002 is a special topics course on Global Business Case Analysis
  • BUS 495-003 is a special topics course on Data Engineering. This course can count as an IT or Business Analytics concentration elective.
  • BUS 427-001: Capital Markets Essentials is an overview of securities markets – including asset backed securities, derivatives, credit default swaps, and others.  This course will provide students with an understanding of how to value different securities and the roles they play in finance.
    • Prerequisite: BUS 320
    • This course will count as a Finance Concentration elective.

Other credit options

  • M 120 – Professional Development and Career Planning (1 credit) is a great course for sophomores or juniors or new entrants to Poole who want to engage in career exploration and develop tools necessary to start their career. This course is restricted to only students currently in a Poole major.
    • Students that didn’t take M 100 in their first year are encouraged to take M 120 instead to fulfill that requirement. Students that already have credit for M 100, can take M 120 as a free elective.
  • BUS 225 – Personal Finance is an essential course for any student who wants to learn about economic and financial strategies for post-college life. It will count as a free elective for any major.