Finance B.B.A.

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Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
Coles College of Business, Department of Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis
(770) 423-6091

There is a broad range of intellectual challenges within the field of finance which integrates and applies principles and concepts drawn from accounting, economics, business operations, and quantitative analysis in a global business environment. Finance is an analytical discipline dealing with the acquisition and distribution of funds, financial statement analysis, security analysis, risk assessment, valuation of assets and liabilities, functioning of financial markets, and management of investments, acquisitions, funds, assets, liabilities, risk, businesses, and financial institutions.

The program in finance prepares students for careers as bankers, financial managers, stockbrokers, financial analysts, portfolio managers, financial consultants, investment bankers, and financial planners. Students are also well prepared for graduate study in law and business.

Business majors must meet the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement and must be admitted to the Coles College Professional Program. In addition, Business majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in the courses that constitute the Lower Division Major Requirements (lower division business core) and the Upper Division Major Requirements (including upper division business core courses, information technology requirement, major field requirements, and major field electives).

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

see listing of requirements

In the General Education requirements, all business majors must take:

University-Wide Fitness For Living Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

Lower Division Business Core (AREA F) (18 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Major Requirements (42 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Business Core (18 Credit Hours)

Information Technology Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

BISM 3100 - Information Systems Management

Major Field Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

Select one of the following:

Major Field Electives (18 Credit Hours)

Select 18 credit hours from the following:

Up to 6 of the 18 hours in Major Field Electives may be selected from the following:

Business Electives (12 Credit Hours)

12 hours of credit from upper-division (3000/4000) course offerings outside the major, but inside the Coles College of Business. FIN courses cannot be used here. (A maximum of nine hours of credit in Co-Ops and Internships may be used in this area. Co-Ops and Internships cannot be used in any other area.)

Non-Business Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Six hours of credit from any lower-division (1000/2000) or upper-division (3000/4000) non-business courses offered at Kennesaw State.