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FIN 357Upper division3 credit hours

FIN 357 Business Finance

Since 2011, FIN 357 has averaged 3.05 with 21% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.05, below the 3.42 average for undergraduate FIN classes that term.

By Sulayman Bowles · Grade data updated

Credit hours
3
Level
Upper division
Class hours a week
3
Grading
Letter grade only
Repeat for credit
No
Latest grades
Summer 2026

What grades did students get?

Spring 2026: 641 letter grades, 3.05 average GPA, 28% A’s, 15 sections

Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.

Grade counts
GradeStudentsShareAll terms
A18128.2%21.4%
A−10917.0%15.7%
B+639.8%15.7%
B8112.6%15.1%
B−477.3%10.1%
C+406.2%6.5%
C385.9%5.9%
C−223.4%3.4%
D+152.3%1.9%
D172.7%1.8%
D−132.0%1.2%
F152.3%1.4%
Q, W, CR, and others80Not in the average

How have grades changed?

UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).

Spring 2026 3.05 average · 28% A’s · 641 grades
FIN 357 average GPAAll undergraduate FIN classesLetter grades each term
Every term
TermSectionsLetter gradesAverage GPAA’s
Summer 202631143.1440.4%
Spring 2026156413.0528.2%
Fall 2025156643.0726.4%
Summer 202521253.0119.2%
Spring 2025146072.9824.5%
Fall 2024145983.0325.3%
Summer 202421042.9421.2%
Spring 2024145422.9231.0%
Fall 2023136013.0324.5%
Summer 20231522.535.8%
Spring 2023144583.0330.8%
Fall 2022115283.0521.6%
Summer 20224652.8527.7%
Spring 2022135143.0021.2%
Fall 2021114543.0121.6%
Summer 20215972.9612.4%
Spring 2021123803.5036.1%
Fall 2020114273.1321.5%
Summer 202041423.3031.7%
Spring 2020133143.5639.8%
Fall 2019124763.0014.9%
Summer 20193752.8516.0%
Spring 2019145403.0217.4%
Fall 2018134733.0014.2%
Summer 20183712.9018.3%
Spring 2018146283.0215.6%
Fall 2017134573.0315.3%
Summer 201731013.0015.8%
Spring 2017146273.0216.6%
Fall 2016124313.0217.9%
Summer 20163923.0027.2%
Spring 2016126713.0815.9%
Fall 2015115023.0616.1%
Summer 201531153.1220.0%
Spring 2015105793.1623.1%
Fall 2014114962.9720.2%
Summer 20143983.1625.5%
Spring 201495373.0116.6%
Fall 2013105283.0820.5%
Summer 20133983.0819.4%
Spring 2013104933.1221.5%
Fall 2012105732.9916.6%
Summer 201231193.1026.9%
Spring 201263392.9411.8%
Fall 2011106262.9916.8%
Summer 20112943.2822.3%

What’s FIN 357 about?

Principles of finance, with application to all aspects of the business firm; particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, management of assets, and procurement of funds. Only one of the following may be counted: Finance 320F, 357, 357H. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Prerequisites

Credit or registration for Accounting 312 or 312H; and Statistics 301 or 301H.

Past syllabi

Each lists the readings, exams, and grade weights.

202 more on UT’s syllabus search ↗

Who can take it

Restricted to students in the McCombs School of Business.

What comes before and after?

Prerequisites

ACC 312Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting3.13ACC 312HFundamentals of Managerial Accounting: Honors3.64STA 301Introduction to Data Science3.27STA 301HIntroduction to Data Science: Honors3.60

This class

FIN 357Business Finance3.05

Leads to

FIN 367Investment Management3.31ACC 326Financial Accounting--Intermediate3.24FIN 370Integrative Finance3.54FIN 374CValuation3.46FIN 377Advanced Topics in Investment Analysis3.50FIN 371MMoney and Capital Markets3.50
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MAN 374General Management and Strategy3.51FIN 376International Finance3.50FIN 374SEntrepreneurial Finance3.66R E 358Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development3.57FIN 372TTopics in Finance3.48FIN 373Research Topics in Finance3.87ACC 180K.1Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis IACC 180K.24Financial Planning for Wealth ManagementACC 280K.1Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis IACC 280K.24Financial Planning for Wealth ManagementACC 372T.11Financial Planning for Wealth ManagementACC 380K.1Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis IACC 380K.24Financial Planning for Wealth ManagementFIN 171TTopics in FinanceFIN 179CIndependent Research in FinanceFIN 372T.11Financial Planning for Wealth ManagementFIN 379CIndependent Research in FinanceI B 376International FinanceURB 325RIntroduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development

You can get credit for only one of these

FIN 320FFoundations of Finance3.14FIN 357HBusiness Finance: Honors3.62

More FIN classes

FIN 354MONEY, BANKING, AND ECON CONDS3.01FIN 357HBusiness Finance: Honors3.62

All Finance classes

How we got this

Class details come from UT’s Finance catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy. Past grades describe earlier terms; your section, instructor, and effort shape yours.

We count each A–F grade once. A’s counts A grades, and A− has its own bar. Subject averages use every letter grade in that subject and level that term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.

Syllabus links come from UT’s public syllabus index, checked October 27, 2026.

Before you register

Sections, times, and seats change every term. Check FIN 357 in UT’s class schedule for the semester you’re planning.

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