Business Administration Major with 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