Finance Concentration
Through the Finance Concentration, students acquire knowledge about how firms make financial decisions and how these decisions affect individual organizations and society as a whole. Students also learn how firms acquire and allocate funds, how financial markets operate, and the role these markets play in economic welfare. The study of finance includes the use of models to develop analytical approaches to problems. Students are trained to take positions in financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks, in finance departments of major corporations, or with consulting firms.
This concentration requires a minimum of 12 semester hours above the General Education Core and the required core curriculum for a Business Administration degree. The courses listed below are offered towards the Finance Concentration.
- BUS 375 Commercial Bank Management
- BUS 377 Financial Management
- BUS 472 Financial Decision Making
- BUS 474 Investment Management
- BUS 476 International Finance
Internship Possibilities
- Citigroup
- Bank of America
- Wachovia
- JPMorgan Chase
- Disney-ABC Television Group
- Coca-Cola
- GE Finance
- Goldman Sachs
- New York Stock Exchange