Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Nov 23, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Finance, B.B.A.

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The B.B.A. program in finance provides students with a high-quality liberal arts based educational foundation so they can secure entry-level junior/staff positions in local, regional, or national organizations or continue studies at the master’s level.

Accreditation: AACSBI

Learning Goals

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Finance Majors are expected to meet the learning goals and objectives of the Richards College of Business.

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements: (42 Hours)

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements

Core IMPACTS Area M:

(Grade of C or higher)

must include:

MATH 1111 - College Algebra 3 Credit Hours (or)
MATH 1113 - Precalculus 3.0 - 4.0 Credit Hours

Core IMPACTS Area T:

(must include)

MATH 1413 - Survey of Calculus 3 Credit Hours

Field of Study: 18 Hours

Finance

Courses required for the degree: 51 Hours

Business Core: 27 Hours

ABED 3100 - Business Communication 3 Credit Hours
CISM 3330 - Management of Information Systems 3 Credit Hours
ECON 3402 - Statistics for Business I 3 Credit Hours
ECON 3406 - Statistics for Business II 3 Credit Hours
FINC 3511 - Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 3600 - Principles of Management 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 3615 - Operations Management 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 3803 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hours

International Select

ECON 4450 - International Economics 3 Credit Hours (or)
FINC 4521 - International Finance 3 Credit Hours (or)
MKTG 4866 - International Marketing 3 Credit Hours (or)
MGNT 4625 - International Management 3 Credit Hours

Major Courses: 24 Hours

All finance majors must take ACCT 3232 or ACCT 4202, FINC 4531, FINC 4541, FINC 4561 or FTA 4003, and MGNT 4660. (Students may get credit for either FINC 4561 or FTA 4003, but not both.) In addition, majors must take three FINC selectives, at least two of which must be FINC or FTA classes. Finally, students may wish to pursue a designated concentration in Financial Analytics, Corporate Analytics or Investment Analytics. In such instances, students will have required selectives associated with each concentration.

ACCT 3232 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit Hours (or)
ACCT 4202 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credit Hours
(and)
FINC 4531 - Intermediate Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4541 - Investment Analysis 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4561 - Bank Management 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 4660 - Strategic Management 3 Credit Hours

General FINC Selectives

At least two selectives must be within the FINC or FTA designations. Students may get credit for either FINC 4561 or FTA 4003 but not both.

ECON 3460 - Forecasting 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4410 - Money and Banking 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4450 - International Economics 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4521 - International Finance 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4532 - Problems in Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4542 - Portfolio Management 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4571 - Derivative Markets 3 Credit Hours
FINC 4585 - Special Topics in Finance 3 Credit Hours
ACCT 3212 - Financial Reporting I 3 Credit Hours
ACCT 3251 - Income Tax Accounting for Individuals 3 Credit Hours
ECON 3408 - Introduction to Programming for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4408 - Visual Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4475 - Introduction to Econometrics and Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4001 - Foundations of FinTech 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4002 - Financial Technologies 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4003 - Commercial Banking and FinTech 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4005 - Introduction to Financial Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4100 - Intro to Information Security 3 Credit Hours

Financial Analytics Concentration

Students can obtain a concentration in Financial Analytics. In addition to FINC 4561 or FTA 4003, one of which is required for all Finance majors, students must also take FTA 4001 and two selective classes listed below (one of which must be FTA) to obtain a specific concentration in Financial Analytics.

FTA 4001 - Foundations of FinTech 3 Credit Hours
and two of:
FTA 4002 - Financial Technologies 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4005 - Introduction to Financial Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4100 - Intro to Information Security 3 Credit Hours
ECON 3408 - Introduction to Programming for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4408 - Visual Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4475 - Introduction to Econometrics and Analytics 3 Credit Hours

Investment Analytics Concentration

Students can obtain a concentration in Investment Analytics. In addition to FINC 4541, which is required for all Finance majors, students must also take FINC 4542 or FINC 4571 and two selective classes listed below (one of which must be FTA) to obtain a specific concentration in Investment Analytics.
(Students may get credit for either FINC 4561 or FTA 4003, but not both.)

FINC 4542 - Portfolio Management 3 Credit Hours
(or)
FINC 4571 - Derivative Markets 3 Credit Hours
and two of:
ECON 3408 - Introduction to Programming for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4408 - Visual Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4475 - Introduction to Econometrics and Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4001 - Foundations of FinTech 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4002 - Financial Technologies 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4003 - Commercial Banking and FinTech 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4005 - Introduction to Financial Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4100 - Intro to Information Security 3 Credit Hours

Corporate Analytics Concentration

Students can obtain a concentration in Corporate Analytics. In addition to FINC 4531, which is required for all Finance majors, students must also take FINC 4532 and two selective classes listed below (one of which must be FTA) to obtain a specific concentration in Corporate Analytics. (Students may get credit for either FINC 4561 or FTA 4003, but not both.)

FINC 4532 - Problems in Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
and two of
ECON 3408 - Introduction to Programming for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4408 - Visual Analytics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4475 - Introduction to Econometrics and Analytics 3 Credit Hours
FTA 3860 - Emerging Payment Technologies 3 Credit Hours
FTA 4100 - Intro to Information Security 3 Credit Hours

Electives: 9 Hours

At least three hours of electives must be in the RCOB