Finance - B.B.A
Kent, USA
DURATION
4 Years
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Full time
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Introduction
Finance - B.B.A
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance provides students with an academic background appropriate for entry into a financial career, including financial management, investments, banking/financial institutions, risk/insurance and related areas. The courses are designed to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between business finance and the economic system in the context of managerial analysis and decision making.
Finance students may apply early to the M.B.A. degree or to the Master of Arts in Economics degree and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs. See the Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program policy in the University Catalog for more information. The combined program with the Master of Arts in Economics degree requires a minimum 3.200 overall Kent State GPA.
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Curriculum
Semester One
- Exploring Business
- Introduction to Human Communication (KADL)
- Algebra for Calculus (KMCR)
- Destination Kent State: First Year Experience
Kent Core Requirement
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Two
- Introduction to Computer Applications
- Principles of Microeconomics (KSS)
- Intuitive Calculus (KMCR) or Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (KMCR)
- Introduction to Professional Development
Kent Core Requirement
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Three
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Principles of Macroeconomics (KSS)
- Legal Environment of Business
- Principles of Management
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Four
- Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Professional Development
- Introduction to Financial Modeling
- The Financial System
- Business Analytics I
- Principles of Marketing
Semester Five
- Business Finance
- Operations Management
Semester Six
Required: minimum overall 2.000 GPA
- Intermediate Corporate Finance
- Intermediate Investments
- Advanced Financial Modeling
Semester Seven
Required: minimum 2.000 overall GPA
- International Business Finance
Accounting or Finance Electives
Kent Core Requirement
General Electives
Semester Eight
- Applied Financial Management Strategies (ELR) (WIC)
- Integrated Business Policy and Strategy
Accounting or Finance Electives
Program Outcome
Accreditation
AACSB, International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad fundamental knowledge of the theory and practice of investments, international business finance, business and corporate finance and financial markets and institutions.
- Demonstrate the critical thinking skills needed to apply financial theory to specific business situations.
- Demonstrate the skills needed to work effectively as a finance professional in a group or task force environment.
- Demonstrate the computer skills needed to successfully employ commonly used software packages (specifically, spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software) in the performance of their duties as finance professionals.
Graduates of all Bachelor of Business Administration programs will be able to:
- Recall strategic frameworks that are used to make business decisions.
- Perform basic calculations using quantitative tools that are used to support business decisions.
- Articulate and deliberate their ideas in writing.
- Articulate and deliberate their ideas orally.
- Identify ethical dilemmas and stakeholders.
- Recommend alternatives and consequences and choose a reasoned conclusion from the alternatives given.
- Identify global factors in making a business decision.
- Analyze global factors in making a business decision.
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