Business Administration, Financial Management Concentration, B.S. (120 Credits)

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If you wish to manage the finances for an organization in any industry, the Financial Management concentration in Business Administration may be the perfect fit for you. Students in this degree program will acquire a broad scope of knowledge ranging from accounting to finance and economics, to softer skills like management and humanities. Course work in Microsoft desktop applications, economics, accounting, financial management, investment portfolio, risk analysis, management and business law prepares students for financial management careers in a wide range of industries.

Graduates with a Business Administration degree may take advantage of the College’s Five Year Bachelor/Master Program, and complete their MBA with just one additional year of full time study.

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.

General Education Courses (45 Credits)

COM 285 - Public Speaking (3 Credits)
COM 486 - Argumentation & Negotiation (3 Credits)
ECO 200 - Microeconomics (3 Credits)
ECO 201 - Macroeconomics (3 Credits)
ENG 175 - Critical Writing I (3 Credits)
ENG 176 - Critical Writing II (3 Credits)
ENG 465 - Research Writing I (3 Credits)
ENG 466 - Research Writing II (3 Credits)
FYE 101 - First-Year Experience: Moving In (1 Credit)
FYE 102 - First-Year Experience: Moving Forward (1 Credit)
FYE 103 - First-Year Experience: Moving Up (1 Credit)
ITG 149 - Desktop Applications - MS Excel (3 Credits)
MAT 111 - College Algebra (3 Credits)
MAT 136 - Precalculus (3 Credits)
MAT 234 - Finite Mathematics (3 Credits)
PSY 160 - Introduction to Psychology (3 Credits)
SOC 161 - Introduction to Sociology (3 Credits)

Business Administration Major Courses (42 Credits)

ACC 206 - Accounting Principles I (3 Credits)
ACC 207 - Accounting Principles II (3 Credits)
FIN 333 - Financial Management (3 Credits)
HRM 228 - Human Resource Management (3 Credits)
HRM 468 - Talent Acquisition & Management (3 Credits)
ITG 325 - Database Applications with MS Access (3 Credits)
LAW 431 - Business Law I (3 Credits)
MAT 298 - Calculus I (3 Credits)
MAT 299 - Calculus II (3 Credits)
MGT 202 - Leadership & Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
MGT 481 - Operations Management (3 Credits)
MGT 492 - Business Policy and Strategy (3 Credits)
MKT 305 - Marketing Management (3 Credits)
STA 326 - Applied Statistics (3 Credits)

Financial Management Concentration Courses (9 Credits)

ECO 344 - Money and Banking (3 Credits)
FIN 452 - Investment and Portfolio Management (3 Credits)
FIN 477 - Senior Seminar in International Finance (3 Credits)

Humanities Electives (6 Credits)

Select two 100-level courses from the Humanities Discipline (HUM):

HUM 102 Art & The World (3 Credits)
HUM 103 Humanities I: Our Cultural Heritage (3 Credits)
HUM 104 Humanities II: Roots of the Modern World (3 Credits)
HUM 105 Literature-Based Humanities: Monsters in our Midst (3 Credits)

Upper Level Business Elective Requirements (6 Credits)

Select two 300-400 level Business courses.

Upper Level General Elective Requirement (3 Credits)

Select any 300-400 level course from any discipline.

Lower Level General Elective Requirements (9 Credits)

Select three 100-200 level courses from any discipline.