Major in Finance

The BBA in Finance prepares business students for a career in banking, investments, real estate, and other financial areas. The small upper-level finance classes allow valuable interaction with faculty members possessing a wealth of financial experience. Finance majors are encouraged to apply for the Clayton Investment Team which is a student managed 1 million dollar investment fund. The real-world experience gained is an invaluable learning tool that can distinguish the FHU finance graduate in the job market.


4-Year Plans

To make your path to graduation a little easier, a 4-year plan for students planning to major in Finance has been created:

2012-2013 4-Year Plans

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance


2011-2012 4-Year Plans

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance



Degree Requirements

Course of Study for B.B.A. Majors in Finance

 

I.    General Education Requirements  46 hours
 

II.    Common Professional Component for all B.B.A. majors:

A. Business Pre-Core

ACC 231
Principles of Accounting I  3 hours
ACC 233
Principles of Accounting II  3
BUS 253
Business Computer Applications  3
ECO 271
Macroeconomics  3
ECO 272
 Microeconomics 3
    15 hours
 

B. Business Core

BUS 252
Statistical and Quantitative Analysis for Business 3 hours
BUS 351
Business Communication (W)  3
BUS 354
Legal Environment of Business  3
BUS 455
Business Ethics (W)  3
BUS 459
Business Policy (W)  3
FIN 385
Managerial Finance  3
MGT 241
Principles of Management  3
MGT 343
Operations Management  3
MIS 221
Management Information Systems  3
MKT 261
Principles of Marketing  3
    30 hours
 

III.     Major Requirements 

B.B.A. Major in Finance:
ACC 332
Management Accounting  3 hours
ACC 430
Principles of Taxation  3
FIN 383
Risk Management  3
FIN 386
Financial Markets and Institutions  3
FIN 486
Investments  3
FIN 487
International Finance  3
  Upper-division business electives  6
    24 hours
 

 

IV.    Electives (including additional Bible)  11 hours