St. Edward's University, School of Management and Business

Undergraduate Program

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BBA with a Major in Finance

Finance is the study of value. Financial management of firms and individuals involves raising and using capital efficiently to add value. Corporate finance, investments and financial institutions are the major areas of finance covered by the core, required, and elective finance courses.

Courses taught in the School of Management and Business contain a content-relevant ethics component.

General Education Components [9 semester hours]

COSC 1318	Quantitative Applications Software for PCs (or COSC 1313)
MATH 2312	Precalculus (or Calculus; Discrete Mathematics)

Business Core Requirements [36 semester hours]

ACCT 2301*	Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2303*	Principles of Accounting II
BUSI 2305*	Business Statistics
BUSI 3303	Legal Environment of Business
BUSI 3330	Business Communication
ECON 2301*	Microeconomic Principles
ECON 2302	Macroeconomic Principles
FINC 3330	Introduction to Finance
MGMT 2301	Principles of Management
MGMT 4340	Operations Management
MKTG 2301	Principles of Marketing
*NOTE: Students pursing an SMB major or minor must earn a grade of C or higher for each starred () course.**

Finance Required Courses [21 semester hours]

FINC 3380	Intermediate Financial Management
FINC 4341	Investment Principles and Analysis
Select one of the following courses:
ACCT 3330	Financial Statement Analysis
ACCT 3331	Intermediate Accounting I
Select four of the following courses (at least three FINC prefix):
BUSI 3385	Internship
ECON 3336	International Trade and Finance
FINC 3333	Money and Banking
FINC 3334	Federal Taxation
FINC 3335	Fundamentals of Financial Planning
FINC 3381	Entrepreneurial Finance
FINC 3399	Special Topics in Finance (may be repeated as topics vary)
FINC 4340	Short-Term Financial Management
FINC 4343	Real Estate Finance
FINC 4345	Management of Financial Institutions
FINC 4346	International Finance
FINC 4349	Cases in Applied Finance

Electives [16 semester hours]

Electives comprise any hours of course work that satisfy the University's requirements for college-level course credit.

In addition to the major program requirements, all students must satisfy the general requirements and electives to have a total of at least 120 hours for graduation.

St. Edward's University
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Austin, Texas 78704
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