Dec 11, 2024

2015-2016 Academic Catalog

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2015-2016 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, Financial Management Concentration, B.S.

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The concentration in Finance is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of accounting and financial management functions with particular emphasis on financial instruments, financial institutions, and capital structure as they relate to the corporate enterprise. Courses in accounting, economics, and law are combined with computer sciences, social sciences, humanities, mathematics, and a finance concentration to ensure a breadth of education and experience. An analysis of the Financial Management curriculum is presented in the suggested sequence of courses.

Program Goals:

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, students will:

demonstrate an ability to conduct relevant research in their field of business and/or their concentration.
exhibit mastery of basic business knowledge, concepts, and terminology in the specific areas of marketing, management, accounting, and finance.
demonstrate knowledge and skills required to obtain employment in their field.
develop the skills necessary to continued success in their fields including leadership abilities and a heightened sense of social responsibility and ethics.

Suggested sequence of courses:

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

MAT 111 - College Algebra (3 Credits)
OR
110-299 - GE Elective (3 Credits)
ENG 175 - Critical Writing I (3 Credits)
ITG 148 - Desktop Applications - MS Word (3 Credits)
OR
110-299 - GE Elective (3 Credits)
HUM 103 - Humanities I: Our Cultural Heritage (3 Credits)
PSY 160 - Introduction to Psychology (3 Credits)

Spring Semester (15 Credits)

ENG 176 - Critical Writing II (3 Credits)
ITG 149 - Desktop Applications - MS Excel (3 Credits)
OR
110-299 - GE Elective (3 Credits)
HUM 104 - Humanities II: Roots of the Modern World (3 Credits)
SOC 161 - Introduction to Sociology (3 Credits)
MAT 136 - Precalculus (3 Credits)

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

ACC 206 - Accounting Principles I (3 Credits)
MAT 298 - Calculus I (3 Credits)
MAT 234 - Finite Mathematics (3 Credits)
ECO 200 - Microeconomics (3 Credits)
110-299 - HUM or SS Elective (3 Credits)

Spring Semester (15 Credits)

ACC 207 - Accounting Principles II (3 Credits)
MAT 299 - Calculus II (3 Credits)
ECO 201 - Macroeconomics (3 Credits)
110-299 - GE Elective (3 Credits)
110-299 - GE Elective (3 Credits)

Junior Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

FIN 333 - Financial Management (3 Credits)
MGT 303 - Management and Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
MKT 305 - Marketing Management (3 Credits)
ITG 325 - Database Applications with MS Access (3 Credits)
300-400 - BUS Elective (3 Credits)

Spring Semester (15 Credits)

STA 326 - Applied Business Statistics (3 Credits)
MGT 428 - Human Resource Management (3 Credits)
ECO 344 - Money and Banking (3 Credits)
300-400 - BUS Elective (3 Credits)
300-400 - GE Elective (3 Credits)

Senior Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

MGT 468 - Talent Acquisition and Management (3 Credits)
FIN 452 - Investment and Portfolio Management (3 Credits)
MGT 481 - Operations Management (3 Credits)
ENG 485 - Presentation and Debate I (3 Credits)
ENG 465 - Research Writing I (3 Credits)

Spring Semester (15 Credits)

LAW 431 - Business Law I (3 Credits)
MGT 492 - Business Policy and Strategy (3 Credits)
FIN 477 - Senior Seminar in International Finance (3 Credits)
ENG 486 - Presentation and Debate II (3 Credits)
ENG 466 - Research Writing II (3 Credits)

Minimum credits required: 120

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