2012-2013 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Cognate Degree Requirements
- CIS 150 - Introduction to Computing (3 credits)
- BOTH ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits) OR ECO 200 - Business Economics (3 credits)
- Upper-division economics course (not ECO 490) Credits: 3
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- Quantitative Group -- choose one:
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For a major in business administration, you must complete the following courses:
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Introduction to Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Concepts of Management (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major, minor, or cognates if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Business, Social Change, and Ethics (3 credits)
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- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Three upper-division Seidman courses are not applied to the major, minor, or cognate (9 credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major.
Electives
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. However, at least 60 hours of the total program must be in nonbusiness courses. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major or cognate courses, except the internship, on a credit/no credit basis. Lower-division economics courses and economics courses used in the B.B.A. cognate are counted as nonbusiness credit.
Requirements for a Major in Finance
Business Core
- FIN 321 - Investments Credits: 3
- FIN 322 - Intermediate Managerial Finance Credits: 3
- FIN 422 - Advanced Managerial Finance Credits: 3
Additional Courses
And three other courses from the following list with at least one of three being a finance course:
- ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I Credits: 3
- ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 3
- ACC 318 - Entity Taxation Credits: 3
- ACC 321 - Cost Strategy and Decision Making Credits: 3
- ACC 322 - Cost Systems and Control Techniques Credits: 3
- ECO 312 - Applied Microeconomics Credits: 3
- ECO 313 - Business Cycles and Growth Credits: 3
- ECO 414 - Money and Banking Credits: 3
- ECO 480 - Econometrics and Forecasting Credits: 3
- FIN 331 - Risk and Insurance Credits: 3
- FIN 350 - Real Estate Principles Credits: 3
- FIN 380 - Special Topics in Finance Credits: 3
- FIN 420 - Bank Management Credits: 3
- FIN 427 - Derivative Assets and Markets Credits: 3
- FIN 428 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management Credits: 3
- FIN 429 - International Financial Management Credits: 3
- FIN 490 - Finance Internship Credits: 1 to 6
- FIN 499 - Independent Research Credits: 1 to 3
Note:
Note that the economics courses selected for the business cognate cannot count as a finance elective.
Some financial institutions require a minimum of 12 credits of accounting for students who plan to seek positions as credit analysts.