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Bachelor of Science - Business Administration with a Finance Emphasis

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Degree Requirements

50 credits minimum (34 credits upper division in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and Economics);22 supporting credits = 72 total credits

Internship/Independent Study Policy for Emphasis Requirement: A maximum of 4 credits combined total of Independent Study (BUS 490) or Internships (BUS 492) may count toward the 12-credit requirement for the emphasis. Students are free to strengthen their emphasis area with additional Independent Study or Internship credits beyond the 12-credit minimum.

If a student specializes in more than one emphasis area, no emphasis elective courses can overlap among the emphasis areas.


Required Courses:

  • BUS 251: Principles of Accounting

  • BUS 252: Managerial Accounting

  • BUS 256: Business Analytics I

  • BUS 356: Business Analytics II

  • BUS 367: Behavior in Organizations

  • BUS 374: Business Law

  • BUS 375: Principles of Marketing

  • BUS 381: Info Systems & Organization Design

  • BUS 391: Principles of Finance

  • ECON 311: Statistical Methods

Choose one of the following 4 credit courses:

  • BUS 469: Strategic Management

  • BUS 470: Executive Roundtable Capstone (By invitation only)

  • BUS 467: Business Academic Competition

  • BUS 485: Seminar (Additional fees may apply)

Required Supporting Courses

  • BUS 151: Introduction to Business

  • ECON 203: General Economics

  • ENT 101: Creativity and Innovation

  • BUS 301: Communication for Managers

  • or COMM 306: Business and Professional Communication

  • MATH 245: Applied Calculus (or equivalent)

  • Select one of the following:

  • PHIL 370: Business Ethics

  • RLTH 350: Contemporary Christian Ethics

Finance Emphasis

A minimum 12 credits of the following:

  • BUS 392: Intermediate Finance

  • BUS 393: Corporate Finance

  • BUS 395: Financial Strategy

  • BUS 398: Raising Capital,

  • BUS 471: Real Estate Finance and Investments

  • BUS 472: International Finance

  • BUS 475: Investment Analysis/Portfolio Developmt

  • BUS 352A: Intermediate Accounting

  • BUS 490: Independent Study

  • BUS 492: Internship

  • UNIV 102: Introduction to Personal Finance

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