Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
The finance major prepares students for careers in banking, corporate finance, financial analysis, real estate, and wealth management.
Through the finance major requirements students develop an understanding of a broad range of topics including: global financial markets and institutions, investments and portfolio management, security valuation, and personal finance.
Students select their finance electives based upon their desire to pursue a more qualitative path of financial planning and advising or a quantitative path of financial analysis.
UP Core Requirements — 40 credit hours
All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.
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Two of the three core requirements in the Science & Problem Solving Habit are satisfied by ECN 120 and the mathematics requirements within the major.
BUS 250 and BUS 468 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.B.A. in Finance.
Business Requirements — 57 credit hours
Non-Business Courses - 12 credit hours
P4 Professional Development Requirements - 3 credit hours
| BUS 202 | Professional Development | 1 |
| BUS 302 | Internship Preparation | 1 |
| BUS 397 | Professional Development Internship | 1 |
Global Acumen Requirements - 4 credit hours
| BUS 360 | Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 496 | Meaningful International Experience | 1 |
Business Foundation Lower Division - 31 credit hours
| BUS 100 | Introduction to Leadership Skills | 3 |
| BUS 101 | Software Applications Workshop | 1 |
| BUS 104 | Math for Business and Analytics I | 2 |
| ECN 120 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 121 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS 200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 204 | Math for Business and Analytics II | 1 |
| BUS 205 | Foundations of 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 - 7 credit hours
Major Requirements — 27 credit hours
Required Courses — 15 credit hours
Major Electives - 12 credit hours
Select four courses from the following:
| BUS 310 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| BUS 367 | Essentials of Taxation | 3 |
| BUS 400 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| BUS 409 | Real Estate Law | 3 |
| BUS 411 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 416 | Accounting Fraud and Forensics | 3 |
| BUS 432 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
| BUS 433 | Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| BUS 434 | Derivatives and Risk Management | 3 |
| BUS 435 | Sports Finance & Sponsorship | 3 |
| BUS 437 | Advanced Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| BUS 438 | Advanced Financial Planning and Counseling | 3 |
| BUS 449 | Python Programming for Business and Analytics | 3 |
| BUS 484 | Entrepreneurial Finance and Budgeting | 3 |
| One 300 or 400 level ECN course | 3 |
Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours
Total Credit Hours: 120