Business Administration-Concentration in Finance, B.S.

The proposal is to add the concentation in Finance to the BS in Business Adminstration major. The Finance concentration will prepare students with a solid finance required curriculum and electives that allow students to tailor their experience depending on career goals.

Required Courses

All students must take the following 18 credits

BA 115 - Managerial Economics Credits: 3
BA 336 - Advanced Topics in Business Law Credits: 3
FIN 219 - Financial Analysis Credits: 3
FIN 319 - Financial Derivatives Credits: 3
FIN 341 - Managerial Finance Credits: 3
FIN 343 - Investments and Portfolio Management Credits: 3
FIN 345 - Long-Range Financial Planning Credits: 3

Finance Electives

Students must take 6 credits from the following list of courses

FIN 201 - Personal Finance Credits: 3
FIN 230 - Money & Banking Credits: 3
FIN 342 - Property and Life Insurance Credits: 3
FIN 358 - International Finance Credits: 3
FIN 398 - Topics in Finance Credits / Units: 3

Accounting Electives

Students must take 6 electives from the following list of courses

ACC 201 - Intermediate Accounting Credits: 3
ACC 202 - Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 3
ACC 219 - Financial Statement Analysis Credits: 3
ACC 319 - Data Analytics in Accounting Credits: 3
ACC 321 - Taxes Credits: 3
ACC 322 - Advanced Taxes Credits: 3
ACC 341 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3

Quantitative Courses

Students must take 3 credits from the following list

MGT 357 - Business Transformations in The Digital Economy Credits: 3
BA 419 - Quantitative Decision Making Credits: 3

Business Law

Students must take the following course in Business Law

BA 336 - Advanced Topics in Business Law Credits: 3

Internship

Students must complete the following internship course

FIN 462 - Finance Internship Credits: 3 - 6