Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance

What qualities should a Finance student have?

You should have good communication skills, both written and spoken. Critical thinking skills are also essential for a finance student. You also need to have good skills with software programs, particularly Excel.

Courses

• Principles of Accounting I
• Principles of Accounting II
• Free Electives
• Principles of Accounting III
• Introduction to Business Law and Ethics
• International Business
• Principles of Conflict Management
• General Education Elective
• Managing Diversity
• The Manager as Negotiator
• Natural Sciences/Mathematics Elective
• Restorative Justice Philosophy and Process
• Financial Management
• Principles of Management
• Information Systems for Managers
• Organizational Behavior
• Operations Management
• Business Policy
• Principles of Marketing
• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Advanced Writing
• Essential Strategies for Applied Communications (ESAC)
• College Algebra
• Introduction to Statistics
• Quantitative Methods
• Composition II
• Ethics
• Investments
• Analysis of Financial Statement
• Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
• International Finance
• Humanities/Fine Arts Elective
• Composition I
• Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective

Total Credit Hours: 180

Length: 18 months beyond the associate degree

Completion of the Associate degree or its equivalent (see the Undergraduate Admissions section of the catalog for a description of Sullivan's 2 + 2 programs):

The time length for program completion will vary depending upon the number of courses taken per term, developmental courses when required, transfer credit accepted, lack of continuous enrollment, etc.

• General Studies Electives - Students must choose four additional General Education classes; at least one from the Natural Sciences/Mathematics category, one from the Social/Behavioral Sciences Category, one from the Humanities/Fine Arts category, and one from any category. These classes are in addition to the required General Education classes listed in the program.
• Free Electives - Elective classes are selected in consultation with the student’s faculty advisor to balance the program in keeping with the student’s personal objectives or associate degree.

Objectives

You will learn critical thinking skills, statistics, financial math, and valuation principles. Even if you do not work in the field of finance, you will have an appreciation of financial topics that can help in your everyday life. Since the passage of the Revenue Act of 1978, many organizations eliminated the pension (defined benefits plan) and replaced it with the 401k (defined contributions plan), so finance is important to individuals as well as organizations. In a recent survey of employees, it was determined that the most important benefit provided was the 401k; it was also the most misunderstood.