+ Finance
Department
of Finance
201 Business Administration, 419-372-2520
Purpose
Finance is a discipline dealing with the allocation of funds within
an organization and the acquisition of funds to meet its current
and future needs. The finance specialization is designed for students
who are interested in financial management as it relates to both
financial and non-financial firms. Areas of emphasis included
within the finance specialization are business financial analysis
and management, investment analysis and management, financial
markets and institutions management, risk analysis and management,
and personal financial planning. Career opportunities associated
with the finance specialization include, but are not restricted
to, the following: cash management, credit management, financial
analysis, capital budgeting, investment analysis, securities analysis,
portfolio management, securities brokering, commercial lending
and loan management, retail bank management, risk management,
insurance company operations and management, and personal financial
planning and management.
BSBA general
degree requirements
Students
completing the finance specialization must complete University,
general degree, pre-professional
and professional requirements
for the BSBA degree, including admission
to the BSBA program.
Finance
specialization requirements (21-24 hours)
Finance specialization students take seven to eight courses (21-24
credit hours) depending on whether they choose the concentration
in financial planning or not.
- Grade of
"C" or better in each prerequisite finance course
for all 400-level finance courses
- FIN 320,
330, 340, 350
- Three-four
courses from: FIN 410, 411, 412, 435, 445, 447, 455; ACCT 321,
341, 422, 444, with at least one finance course
Concentration
in financial planning
The concentration in financial planning is designed to provide
students with an academic and professional level of education
in the field of financial planning and prepare them to advise
individual investors on insurance, investments, tax, retirement
and estate planning. The financial planning concentration requires
students to complete the following eight courses (24 credit hours):
FIN 320, 330, 340, 350, 411, 412; ACCT 341, 444.
Upon successful
completion of the concentration, students will meet the educational
requirements of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) Board
of Standards and be eligible to sit for the CFP® certification
examination, offered several times each year by the CFP® board.
Successful completion of the CFP® exam, along with meeting
other CFP® Board Standards requirements, is necessary to receive
the CFP® designation.
