July 2023 University Catalog

BS in Business, Finance

School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration

Finance professionals help organizations find and manage the resources needed to grow, make investments and acquisitions, plan for the future, and manage existing assets. Undergraduate learners in the Finance specialization build the finance knowledge and skills needed to advance in the financial services industry or as a finance professional within a public or private organization. In addition to finance expertise, learners demonstrate the management, interpersonal, and professional thinking skills needed to impact effectiveness across all levels of their organization. Learners select elective courses based on their individual professional needs.

General Education Requirements

Choose 45 quarter credits with a minimum of 4 quarter credits from each category; see General Education Courses.

Required course

MAT2001Statistical Reasoning

6

Additional Program Requirements†

ACS1003Building Skills for Academic Success

6

Core courses‡

At least 42 quarter credits

BUS3003Developing a Business Perspective

6

Or

BUS3007Developing a Business Perspective

6

 

BUS3011Fundamentals of Management

3

BUS3012Fundamentals of Leadership

3

BUS3021Fundamentals of Business Law

3

BUS3022Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

3

BUS3030Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales

6

BUS3040Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

6

BUS3050Fundamentals of Organizational Communication

6

BUS3061Fundamentals of Accounting

3

BUS3062Fundamentals of Finance

3

Specialization courses

At least 48 quarter credits

BUS4070Foundations in Finance

6

BUS4071Financial Markets and Institutions

6

BUS4072Analysis for Financial Management

6

BUS4073Investments and Portfolio Management

6

BUS4801Ethics and Enterprise

6

In addition, choose 18 quarter credits from the following courses.
BUS4074Entrepreneurial Finance

6

BUS4075Public and Nonprofit Finance

6

BUS4076Issues in International Finance

6

BUS4077Risk Management Strategies

6

Elective courses

At least 39 quarter credits

Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses

Capstone course

At least 6 quarter credits

Taken during the learner’s final quarter

BUS4993Business Capstone Project

6

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

Honors Pathway

Learners enrolled in the honors pathway complete the following general education courses.

Honors courses

At least 15 quarter credits

PHI-H2005Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World

3

COM-H4005Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World

6

SOC-H3005Honors Professional Seminar

6

These courses are applied toward the general education requirement and taken in addition to the remaining required courses.

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

One or more courses in this program may require a prerequisite(s). Refer to the course descriptions for details.

Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.

† Learners who are determined to need additional support developing academic and professional writing and reading skills based on academic assessment must take ACS1003 during their first quarter.

‡ Learners who have completed ACS1003 are required to take BUS3003. Learners who are not required to take ACS1003 are placed in BUS3007.

§ Learners who have completed ACS1003 choose 33 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

Eligible Concentrations

Accounting

Health Care Management

Human Resource Management

Management and Leadership

Marketing

Project Management

Multiple Specializations available (must be within the same degree program)