Bachelor of Science in Business - Concentration in Finance
Fairfax, USA
BSc
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 4,897 / per semester **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for International student | Domestic student is 1st of February
** in-state tuition full-time (12-15 credits); USD 16,980 - out-of-state tuition full-time (12-15 credits); USD 1,803 - mandatory student fee
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Key Summary
The concentration in Finance prepares students for professional careers by providing a solid foundation in the principles necessary to make operating decisions for an organization and in financial market analysis. We educate our finance students to understand, evaluate, and manage risk. In addition, students learn to conduct and effectively present financial analysis and research valuing complex projects, assets, securities, and firms. Students in the finance concentration explore the relationships among investors, firms, financial institutions, markets, and regulators.
Why Choose Mason?
The volatility of today’s financial markets continues to warrant the need for highly qualified individuals in the finance field. In the finance concentration, you'll explore concepts and techniques used by individuals, businesses, and government agencies in making decisions about acquiring and investing funds.
Learn about asset valuation, initial public offerings, stock portfolio management, analyzing financial statements risk analysis and management, dividend policy, financial market regulation, international diversification, capital budgeting, and financial regulations.
- Finance students will be able to demonstrate, evaluate, and explain the risk-return trade-offs in finance
- Conduct and effectively present financial analysis and research valuing complex projects, assets, securities, and firms
- Understand the relationships among investors, firms, financial institutions, financial markets, and regulators.
Finance professionals enjoy a diverse job market, with career options in corporate and public finance, investment banking, commercial banks and credit unions, mutual funds, portfolio management, venture capital, trading, personal finance banking, and federal and state government regulatory agencies such as the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, SEC, and Treasury Department. Careers that a concentration in finance can lead to include:
- Account Analyst
- Bank Examiner
- Broker/Dealer
- Budget Analyst
- Business Consultant
- Commercial Lender
- Comptroller
- Credit Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Examiner
- Financial Manager
- Financial Planner
- Insurance Adjuster
- International Advisor
- Mortgage Broker
- Personal Financial Advisor
- Portfolio Manager
- Purchasing Agent
- Risk Manager
- Stock Trader
Degree Requirements
Total credits: 120
School of Business students pursuing a BS degree must complete a minimum of 120 credits, including the Mason Core requirements, business foundations, business core, and concentration requirements. In addition, the following requirements must be met:
- A minimum of 45 credits at the 300- or 400-level.
- A minimum of 30 credits of School of Business core, capstone, and concentration courses at Mason.
- At least 9 credits required for the specific concentration and BUS 498 Capstone Course: Advanced Business Models (Mason Core) taken at Mason.
- A grade of C or higher earned in the business foundations, business core, and concentration requirements.
Concentration courses
Required Courses
Select three courses from the following: 9
- FNAN 311 Principles of Investment
- FNAN 321 Financial Institutions
- FNAN 341 Introduction to Firm Valuation
- FNAN 401 Advanced Financial Management
Select one of the required Writing Intensive Courses below: 3
- FNAN 477 Student Managed Investment Fund
- FNAN 498 RS: Contemporary Topics in Finance
Electives
Select three courses from the following: 9
- FNAN 311 Principles of Investment
- FNAN 321 Financial Institutions
- FNAN 341 Introduction to Firm Valuation
- FNAN 351 Principles of Real Estate
- FNAN 401 Advanced Financial Management
- FNAN 411 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- FNAN 412 Futures and Options Markets
- FNAN 421 Money and Capital Markets
- FNAN 430 Empirical Methods in Finance
- FNAN 431 Venture Capital and Private Financing of Startups
- FNAN 432 Fixed-Income Securities
- FNAN 436 Probability Methods for Finance
- FNAN 440 International Financial Management
- FNAN 441 Advanced Topics in Firm Valuation
- FNAN 444 Sustainable and ESG Investments
- FNAN 451 Real Estate Finance
- FNAN 454 Real Estate Development
- FNAN 462 Honors Seminar in Finance
- FNAN 472 Fintech and Blockchain in Finance
- FNAN 477 Student Managed Investment Fund
- FNAN 483 Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance
- FNAN 491 Special Topics in Finance
- FNAN 492 Internship in Finance
- FNAN 498 RS: Contemporary Topics in Finance
- FNAN 499 Independent Study
- MSF 603 Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm 3
- MSF 632 Statistical and Quantitative Methods for Finance 3
- MSF 643 Financial Economics and Statement Analysis 3
- MSF 672 Corporate Finance and Governance 3
- MSF 683 Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance 3
Any other 300-400 level FNAN courses 2
Total Credits 21
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