Finance Program (BBA)

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Objectives

The Finance major prepares students for professional careers in the fields of corporate finance, banking and financial institutions, and investment.

The curriculum emphasizes developing an understanding of these three areas of finance through courses on forecasting, portfolio theory and security analysis, options and futures markets, accounting, money and banking, management of working capital, and management of financial institutions.

Finance faculty members are available to consult with students wishing to pursue careers in any of the above-mentioned areas

Requirements

A. Business Core Courses (63 credits)

ACC 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACC 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
BUS 110 - Business Concepts and Careers (3)
BUS 115 - Introduction to Business Applications (3) or equivalent
BUS 381 - Management Information Systems (3)
One from:
BUS 250 - Contemporary Legal Issues for Business (3) , required for the EIM major only
EIM 240 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3)
COM 338 - Communications in Business (3)
or
ENG 338 - Communications in Business (3)
ECN 201 - Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) (3)
ECN 202 - Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) (3)
ENG 112 - Critical Writing and Reading (3)
FIN 361 - Financial Management (3)
INB 385 - International Business (3)
MGT 341 - Human Behavior in Organizations (3)
MGT 489 - Business and Corporate Strategy (3)
MKT 330 - Principles of Marketing (3)
MTH 109 - Mathematical Modeling Using College Algebra (3) , or placement into or completion of a higher-level MTH course
One from:
PSY 100 - Principles of Psychology (3)
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
SCM 211 - Business Statistics (3)
SCM 313 - Introduction to Business Analytics (3)
SCM 371 - Operations Management (3)

B. Finance Major Courses (18 credits)

Honors Program

All bachelor-degree-seeking students with GPAs of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply to the . Please contact the Honors Program Manager or the Honors Program Director for further information.