Financial Management Emphasis—BS in Business Administration

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The financial management emphasis provides students with the skills needed to succeed in careers in financial management. The business community has affirmed that students need skills in both the accounting and finance areas. The financial management specialty incorporates knowledge of corporate financial management, financial institutions and markets, investments, financial accounting and managerial accounting, accounting information systems and information technology. Career opportunities include corporate financial management, finance/accounting positions with financial institutions and accounting positions that are not CPA-track. The specialization provides a solid finance and accounting background for other business positions as well.

Required Courses

FNCE 3500 - Management of Business Capital Summer 2010 Registration: FNCE 3500
FNCE 4330 - Investment and Portfolio Management Summer 2010 Registration: FNCE 4330
FNCE 4350 - Financial Markets and Institutions Summer 2010 Registration: FNCE 4350
FNCE 4500 - Corporate Financial Decisions Summer 2010 Registration: FNCE 4500
ACCT 3054 - Accounting Systems and Data Processing Summer 2010 Registration: ACCT 3054
ACCT 3220 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I Summer 2010 Registration: ACCT 3220
ACCT 3320 - Intermediate Cost Accounting Summer 2010 Registration: ACCT 3320

Total: 24 Hours

In addition, financial management students must complete FNCE 4370, International Finance, to fulfill the international studies requirement.

* Students should note that all finance and accounting courses are not offered every semester. Students should take the ACCT 2200 and ACCT 2220 courses as soon as possible to avoid future problems in their schedules, since these are prerequisites for all courses in the specialization.