Finance Option - Business Administration

Welcome

People with business knowledge and experience are the mainstays of organizations. They help assure that clients get the products and services they seek and that the organization makes enough profit to stay in existence. One of the exciting aspects of a business career is constant change in the marketplace. A major in Business Administration, Finance, Management, or Marketing will help prepare you for this exciting world.

Students who major in finance secure jobs in banking, insurance, real estate, the investment industry, financial planning and risk management.

Finance Mission:

The finance option curriculum designed to prepare students for successful careers in corporate finance, financial institutions and services, investments, and for graduate study. The curriculum plan is intended to impart the basics of the business functional areas, crucial perspectives and competencies, and basic finance knowledge, and then to move on to more in-depth skills and knowledge preparation in these areas.   

Learning Outcomes:  

A finance graduate will be able to

  1. Make time value calculations; perform ratio analysis and  securities valuation; carry-out cost of capital and cash flow analysis; make capital budgeting decisions; evaluate optimal capital structure and dividend policy; learn procedures of going public, perform lease financing; evaluate working capital management;  learn bankruptcy and mergers; evaluate multinational financial management.

  2. Evaluate the Federal Reserve monetary policy; pricing and yield determinations, financial analysis of depositories and non-depositories

  3. Set investment objectives, understand securities markets, regulations, and  trading mechanisms; integrate financial & economic concepts to make investment analysis; perform fundamental and technical security analysis to make investment decisions; evaluate options and futures markets managing investment risks; analyze mutual funds and international securities investments.

  4. Evaluate different aspects of international financial management issues; understand in–depth review of finance topics and issues including real estate investments, portfolio management, financial and personal risk management and techniques and concepts.

To see the complete Finance Assurance of Learning Plan, please click here.