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
Additional Program Requirements†
| ACS1003 | Building Skills for Academic Success | 6 |
Core courses‡
At least 42 quarter credits
| BUS3003 | Developing a Business Perspective | 6 |
| Or | |
| BUS3007 | Developing a Business Perspective | 6 |
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| BUS3011 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 |
| BUS3012 | Fundamentals of Leadership | 3 |
| BUS3021 | Fundamentals of Business Law | 3 |
| BUS3022 | Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| BUS3030 | Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales | 6 |
| BUS3040 | Fundamentals of Human Resource Management | 6 |
| BUS3050 | Fundamentals of Organizational Communication | 6 |
| BUS3061 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
| BUS3062 | Fundamentals of Finance | 3 |
Specialization courses
At least 48 quarter credits
| BUS4070 | Foundations in Finance | 6 |
| BUS4071 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 6 |
| BUS4072 | Analysis for Financial Management | 6 |
| BUS4073 | Investments and Portfolio Management | 6 |
| BUS4801 | Ethics and Enterprise | 6 |
In addition, choose 18 quarter credits from the following courses.
| BUS4074 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 6 |
| BUS4075 | Public and Nonprofit Finance | 6 |
| BUS4076 | Issues in International Finance | 6 |
| BUS4077 | Risk 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
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-H2005 | Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World | 3 |
| COM-H4005 | Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World | 6 |
| SOC-H3005 | Honors 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)