Business Administration: Concentration in Finance
Bachelor of Science, Minor
About this program
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Concentration in Finance helps you understand and shape smart financial decisions in organizations. You learn how to manage investments, handle real and financial assets, secure funds and manage risk in markets and firms. You also develop skills in reading financial data, using accounting and information systems, and considering how choices in operations, marketing and tech affect finances. This concentration prepares you for roles in finance, analytics and strategic management.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The finance concentration teaches students to recognize, understand, and attain the skills necessary to be successful in the world of finance. It focuses on the financial decisions made in every organization, which include investment, decisions in purchasing real and financial assets, raising cash to fund these investments, and managing the risk of its assets and investments. Other operational decisions include implementing routine day-to-day procedures to manage all financial aspects of the organization and decisions regarding changes in the mix of its services and products. Although a financial manager specializes in these decisions, managers from across the organization also contribute.
Four sets of skills are essential to financial decision-making:
- an understanding of the environment within which decisions are made, including both the internal structure of the organization and the nature of external capital and financial markets
- familiarity with the organization’s information system, including accounting, financial, and human resources
- analysis of available financial data to understand the likely impact of alternative decisions and their level of uncertainty
- understanding the interrelationships between financial decisions and decisions made in other parts of the organization, such as marketing, production, and IT
Program Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge of core business disciplines and integrate concepts across functional areas to solve problems.
Communicate business information effectively in written and oral formats for diverse audiences.
Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze complex business situations and recommend reasoned solutions.
Use quantitative methods and appropriate technologies to analyze data and support business decisions.
Collaborate effectively in diverse teams, demonstrating leadership and respectful communication in accomplishing team goals.
Evaluate business decisions from ethical, sustainable, and global perspectives, considering diverse stakeholders and environments.
Minor in Finance
The Minor in Finance gives you a foundation in financial principles, investments, risk management and analysis. Designed to complement any major, it builds the skills needed to make informed financial decisions in personal and professional settings. You’ll learn to evaluate opportunities, solve problems and think critically about money and markets — preparing you for careers in banking, investment, corporate finance or related fields.
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