School of Finance, Operations Management and International Business

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Finance

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in finance  places major emphasis on three areas of finance: financial management, investments and portfolio management, and financial markets and institutions. The student may select a general program or may structure his or her program around one of these specific areas: corporate finance, energy finance, international finance, or investments and portfolio management. Each course of study prepares students to approach financial decision making by analyzing financial data and market information within a framework of economic theory, and to deal with a wide range of financial problems, including those of business, financial institutions, and governments.

Finance Major Program Learning Objectives

Students completing the finance major will be able to:

• explain the function of capital and money markets;
• apply valuation techniques and make objective decisions;
• assess risk and return characteristics of investment opportunities;
• effectively communicate financial concepts, recommendations, and decisions.

Programs

• Finance, B.S.B.A.
• International Business and Language, B.S.B.A.

• Finance Minor
• International Business Minor

Courses

• FIN 2063 Personal Financial Planning and Investing
• FIN 3003 Business Finance
• FIN 3023 Financial Institutions and Markets
• FIN 3053 Principles of Real Estate
• FIN 3083 Investment Analysis
• FIN 4003 Working Capital Management
• FIN 4013 Intermediate Corporate Finance
• FIN 4033 Futures and Options
• FIN 4043 Commercial Banking
• FIN 4063 International Business Finance
• FIN 4083 Portfolio Management
• FIN 4113 Student Investment Fund I
• FIN 4123 Student Investment Fund II
• FIN 4153 Analysis of Financial Statements
• FIN 4973 Seminar in Finance
• FIN 4991-3 Independent Study

• IB 3013 Comparative Culture and International Business
• IB 4013 Topics in International Business
• IB 4503 Internship in International Business
• IB 4973 Seminar in International Business
• IB 4991-3 Independent Study

• QM 2013 Statistics I
• QM 2023 Statistics II
• QM 3023 Operations Management
• QM 5003 Business Decision Models
• QM 5063 Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
• QM 5073 Foundations of Analytics
• QM 5973 Seminar in Quantitative Methods