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
Common Business Requirements — 58 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 202 | Professional Development | 1 |
| BUS 302 | Internship Preparation | 1 |
| BUS 397 | Professional Development Internship | 1 |
Business Foundation Lower Division
| BUS 100 | Introduction to Leadership Skills | 3 |
| BUS 101 | Software Applications Workshop | 1 |
| ECN 120 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 121 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS 200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 205 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BUS 209 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 210 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 250 | Legal and Social Responsibility in Business | 3 |
| BUS 255 | Introduction to Operations & Technology Management | 3 |
Business Foundation Upper Division
| BUS 355 | Decision Modeling | 3 |
| BUS 360 | Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 364 | Innovation | 3 |
| BUS 400 | Management Decisions and Policy | 3 |
Major Requirements — 24 hours
Four of the following electives:
Additional Electives
0–3 hours (depending upon which 300 or 400 level course is used to fulfill the Global Acumen requirement)
Total Credit Hours: 120