Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
Degree Requirements
The finance major prepares students for careers as a chief financial officer, treasurer, investment analyst, or portfolio manager. Students of finance develop an understanding of a broad range of topics: financial statement analysis, the effects of financial leverage, stock and bond valuation, risk and return in the global capital markets, risk management, portfolio theory and management, security legislation, structure of capital markets, and ethics.
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Degree Requirements
Common Business Requirements — 55 hours
In conjunction with the general education requirements, all business students regardless of major take the common business requirements.
Non-Business Courses
P4 Professional Development Requirements
BUS 101 | Software Applications Workshop | 1 |
BUS 202 | Professional Development | 1 |
BUS 302 | Professional Development Internship | 1 |
BUS 402 | Professional Development Workshop | 1 |
Business Foundation Lower Division
BUS 100 | Introduction to Leadership | 3 |
ECN 120 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECN 121 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
BUS 200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
BUS 209 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
BUS 210 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
BUS 250 | Legal and Social Responsibility in Business | 3 |
BUS 255 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
Business Foundation Upper Division
BUS 305 | Business Finance | 3 |
BUS 355 | Decision Modeling | 3 |
BUS 360 | Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior | 3 |
BUS 361 | Technology and Operations Management | 3 |
BUS 400 | Management Decisions and Policy | 3 |
Major Requirements — 24 hours
Four of the following electives:
Additional Electives — 3-6 hours (depending upon whether ECN 120 is used to fulfill one social science requirement)
Total Credit Hours: 120