Finance, BBA

The University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee approved a change to this program during the academic year. Please refer to the Catalog Addendum for more information.

A Bachelor of Business Administration with a professional field in finance trains you to manage all financial aspects of a firm successfully, understand its regulatory rules and understand how it fits into the financial market.

Bachelor of Business Administration

The department offers the Bachelor of Business Administration in the professional fields listed below. General requirements for the BBA are listed in the University Core Curriculum and the University Core Curriculum requirements in the Academic policies section and under Bachelor of Business Administration in the G. Brint Ryan College of Business section.

Finance professional field, 18 hours

The following courses are required for the professional field in finance:

Plus 3 hours from

3 hours selected by the student from the following courses:

Approved supporting courses, 12 hours

Required courses, 6 hours

Choose one course from

Choose one from

RMIN 2500 - Personal Risk Management *
or
REAL 2100 - Principles of Real Estate
(May not take both RMIN 2500 and RMIN 3100 )
Any 3000- or 4000-level G. Brint Ryan College of Business or ECON course (Suggested course: FINA 4610 - Comprehensive Financial Planning)
Any 2000-level or higher foreign language or foreign literature course
Any 3 hours of 3000- or 4000-level courses approved by the department chair

Note

*Student may not take both RMIN 2500 and RMIN 3100 .

Four-year degree plan (example)

The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.

Year 1

Semester 1		Semester 2
ENGL 1310 - First-Year Writing I	3 hours	BCIS 2610 - Introduction to Computers in Business	3 hours
MATH 1180 - College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields	3 hours	BUSI 1200 - Professional Development I-Strategies for Business	1 hour
Component Area Option A core	3 hours	ECON 1100 - Principles of Microeconomics	3 hours
Government/Political Science core	3 hours	ENGL 1320 - First-Year Writing II	3 hours
Life and Physical Sciences core	3 hours	MATH 1190 - Business Calculus	3 hours
		Government/Political Science core	3 hours
Total	15 hours	Total	16 hours

Year 2

Semester 1		Semester 2
ACCT 2010 - Accounting Principles I (Financial Accounting)	3 hours	ACCT 2020 - Accounting Principles II (Managerial Accounting)	3 hours
ECON 1110 - Principles of Macroeconomics	3 hours	COMM 1010 - Introduction to Communication	3 hours
American History core	3 hours	DSCI 2710 - Data Analysis with Spreadsheets	3 hours
Creative Arts core	3 hours	American History core	3 hours
Language, Philosophy and Culture core	3 hours	Life and Physical Sciences core	3 hours
Total	15 hours	Total	15 hours

Year 3

Semester 1		Semester 2
ACCT 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I	3 hours	BUSI 3100 - Professional Development II-Critical Thinking and Decision Making in Business	1 hour
BCIS 3610 - Basic Information Systems	3 hours	DSCI 3710 - Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	3 hours
BLAW 3430 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business	3 hours	FINA 4200 - Investments	3 hours
BUSI 3660 - Contemporary Business Writing and Presentation Skills	3 hours	MGMT 3720 - Organizational Behavior	3 hours
FINA 3770 - Finance	3 hours	MKTG 3650 - Foundations of Marketing Practice	3 hours
		Elective	3 hours
Total	15 hours	Total	16 hours

Year 4

Semester 1		Semester 2
BUSI 3200 - Professional Development III	1 hour	BUSI 4940 - Business Policy	3 hours
FINA 4300 - Financial Statement Analysis and Liquidity Management	3 hours	FINA 4310 - Valuation and Financial Decisions	3 hours
FINA 4400 - Financial Markets and Institutions	3 hours	FINA 4500 - International Finance	3 hours
Professional field course for BBA FINA	3 hours	FINA 4800 - Internship	3 hours
Supporting Field option 2 - BBA FINA	3 hours
Supporting Field option 3 - BBA FINA	3 hours
Total	16 hours	Total	12 hours