Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

Degree Requirements

The finance major prepares students for careers as financial analysts, bankers, treasurers, financial planners and chief financial officers.  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

Business Requirements — 56 hours

Non-Business Courses

CST 107Effective Public Speaking

3

ENG 107College Writing

3

MTH 121Calculus for Business and Social Science

3

MTH 141Finite Mathematics

3

MTH 161Elementary Statistics

3

P4 Professional Development Requirements

BUS 202Professional Development

1

BUS 302Internship Preparation

1

BUS 397Professional Development Internship

1

Global Acumen Requirements

BUS 360Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Ethics

3

BUS 496Meaningful International Experience

1

Business Foundation Lower Division

BUS 100Introduction to Leadership Skills

3

BUS 101Software Applications Workshop

1

ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

BUS 200Principles of Marketing

3

BUS 205Foundations of Finance

3

BUS 209Financial Accounting

3

BUS 210Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 250Legal and Social Responsibility in Business

3

BUS 255Introduction to Operations & Technology Management

3

Business Foundation Upper Division

BUS 355Decision Modeling

3

BUS 364Innovation

3

Major Requirements — 27 hours

BUS 330Managerial Finance

3

BUS 430Investments

3

BUS 431Financial Markets and Institutions

3

BUS 441International Finance

3

BUS 400Management Decisions and Policy

3

Or

BUS 468Applied Portfolio Management

3

Four of the following electives:

BUS 310Intermediate Accounting I

3

BUS 311Intermediate Accounting II

3

BUS 312Cost Accounting

3

BUS 365Accounting Information Systems

3

BUS 371Consumer Behavior

3

BUS 385Opportunity Assessment

3

BUS 411/BUS 566Advanced Accounting

3

BUS 432Personal Financial Planning

3

BUS 433Real Estate Finance

3

BUS 434Derivatives and Risk Management

3

BUS 450Advanced Business Law

3

BUS 452Project Management

3

BUS 453Supply Chain Management

3

BUS 464Business Taxation

3

BUS 467Personal Taxation

3

BUS 472Personal Selling

3

BUS 484New Venture Finance and Accounting

3

Choice of one upper-division Economics course

3

Additional Electives

Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Total Credit Hours: 120