On This Page
|
|
Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Finance
| 1. | Provide an understanding of the importance of financial information and decision-making for businesses, government, investors, and creditors |
| 2. | Teach students how to acquire, process, and analyze information |
| 3. | Provide rigorous training for finance careers in industry, financial institutions, and government. |
| 1. | Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of corporate financial management. |
| 2. | Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of investments. |
| 3. | Graduates will use technology to analyze financial challenges. |
| 4. | Graduates will communicate findings of financial analyses. |
| The finance faculty use a variety of methods to assess the educational outcomes, including examinations, quizzes, oral presentations, written assignments, and finance-related case studies. The faculty use the assessment results to continuously review and improve the finance curriculum. | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | 60 | |
| Core IMPACTS (See VSU Core Curriculum) | 42 | |
| Field of Study Requirements | 18 | |
| BUSA 2000 | Information Systems and Data Transformation in Business | 3 |
| BUSA 2100 | Applied Business Statistics | 3 |
| BUSA 2106 | The Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 2106 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT 2101 & ACCT 2102 | Principles of Accounting I and Principles of Accounting II | 6 |
| Finance Major Curriculum | ||
| Required Senior College Core | ||
| BUSA 3450 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BUSA 3300 | Data Visualizations and Analytics | 3 |
| FIN 3350 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGNT 3000 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MKTG 3050 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
| Strategic Mangement Requirement: | 3 | |
| BUSA 4900 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| International Option - Selection on the Following: | ||
| ECON 3600 | International Economics | 3 |
| FIN 3650 | Multinational Corporate Finance | 3 |
| IB 3000 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| MKTG 4680 | International Marketing | 3 |
| MGNT 4800 | International Management | 3 |
| Professional Growth | ||
| BUSA 2999 | Career Development | 0 |
| BUSA 3999 | Experiential Learning | 0 |
| BUSA 4999 | Career Path | 0 |
| Required Finance Core | ||
| FIN 3360 | Advanced Financial Management with Digital Transformation | 3 |
| FIN 4520 | Investments | 3 |
| FIN 4760 | Modern Financial Intermediaries & Risk Management | 3 |
| Finance Electives | 12 | |
| Any 3000- or 4000-level ACCT, BUSA, ECON, FIN, HCAD, IB, MGNT, or MKTG courses not listed above. At least 6 hours must be FIN 4000-level courses. | ||
| Business Electives | 9 | |
| Any 3000- or 4000-level business courses not selected above | ||
| General Electives | 6 | |
| Elective may be undergraduate and/or graduate business and/or non-business courses | ||
| Total Hours Required for the College | 120 | |
Note:
1 INQR 2003 Financial Health must be taken in Institutional Priority of Core IMPACTS. If ECON 2105 is not taken in Social Sciences of Core IMPACTS, it may be
taken as a general elective, and the grade must be a "C" or better.
If ECON 2105 is taken in Social Sciences of Core IMPACTS,
the grade must be a "C" or better.
2 The grade in each of these courses must be a “C” or better.
3 No more than 9 hours of MBA or MAcc courses may be counted
toward the major.
Contingent upon acceptance in to the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track, students wishing to pursue a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) or a Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) at Valdosta State University may take up to 9 semester hours of graduate-level coursework (courses numbered 5000 or above) that will count toward Business electives for their major or toward general electives for the undergraduate degree.
Acceptance in to the Accelerated track requires:
1. Written notification by an LCOBA professional advisor from the Student Engagement Center to the LCOBA Director of Graduate Programs of her/his willingness to serve as the student's Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track advisor.
2. Completion of 75 credit hours of undergraduate coursework:
a. At least 15 hours must be LCOBA courses, with at least a 3.0 GPA for those LCOBA credits; and
b. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in each of those LCOBA courses.
3. An overall GPA in undergraduate course work of at least 3.0.
Graduate courses taken as an undergraduate will count toward the 120-hour graduation requirement but will not count toward the student’s undergraduate GPA or the calculation of academic honors.
Upon acceptance into the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track in the M.B.A. or M.Acc., students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 to remain in good standing. Students who do not maintain good standing or who do not wish to continue with the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Track may revert to their original track to complete the remaining requirements for their undergraduate business degree (B.B.A.).
