Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Finance
Angola, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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Introduction
Call the shots with a finance degree
Be the decision-maker at the heart of business with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance from Trine University.
The experience: Real-world finance experience
Our accredited program focuses on real-world learning, an internship in the industry, and teaching by experts in finance. Courses will enable you to understand the financial processes that drive a business' ability to grow and expand.
Finance Club
The objective of the Finance Club is to provide current students with extracurricular opportunities in the area of finance. It’s also a way of facilitating professional and personal growth. The club focuses on creating hands-on activities promoting networking, career search, and portfolio management skills for its members.
Curriculum
The degree: Preparing you for big decisions
The Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance at Trine University focuses on developing future business leaders, offering two specialized tracks, corporate finance and wealth management.
The corporate finance track will enable you to understand the financial processes that drive a business' ability to grow and expand. Take advantage of specialized advanced financial management and financial modeling courses.
Our wealth management track provides you with hands-on experience in portfolio management using the same software as real-world portfolio managers. Practical experience is enhanced by participation in trading challenge competitions, as well as first-hand experience managing a real investment portfolio. This experiential learning is combined with courses designed to equip you with specialized knowledge and skills in investment and portfolio management, risk and insurance, as well as personal selling.
Curriculum
The Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance curriculum requires the completion of 30 credit hours of finance and accounting courses in addition to the 90 business and general education credit hours for a total of 120 credit hours. The following courses are required for the finance major:
General Education Requirements - 39 credit hours
- ENG 143 College Composition or ENG 133 Technical Communications
- HUM 203 Humanities Seminar
- SP 203 Effective Speaking
- COM 213 Business Communications
- ECO 213 Microeconomics and ECO 223 Macroeconomics
- or ECO 203 Survey of Economics and Social Science Elective
- Humanities Elective
- MA 113 College Algebra
- MA 173 Essential Calculus or MA 163 Applied Math w/ Business Concepts
- Science Elective
- MA 253 Statistics
- PSY 113 Psychology
- BA 213 Business Spreadsheets
Business Core & Program - 36 or 39 credit hours
- BA 102 University Experience - Business or UE 101 University Experience
- BA 123 Business Concepts
- BA 201 Professional Development and Strategies
- AC 203 Accounting I
- AC 213 Accounting II
- BA 3113 Business Internship*
- FIN 303 Managerial Finance
- FIN 353 Personal Finance
- LAW 203 Business Law & Ethics
- MGT 353 Designing Operations
- MGT 363 Organizational Behavior
- BA 453 Global Strategic Management
- MGT 483 Capstone
- MK 203 Marketing
Finance Concentration - 15 credit hours
- AC 423 Personal Income Tax
- FIN 323 Money and Banking
- FIN 403 Investments
- FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance
- FIN 473 Financial Modeling
Corporate Finance Track - 15 credit hours
- AC 303 Cost Accounting
- FIN 343 International Finance
- Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 9 credit hours
-or-
Wealth Management Track - 15 credit hours
- FIN 423 Portfolio & Wealth Planning
- FIN 383 Risk & Insurance
- MK 423 Professional Selling
- Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 6 credit hours
Free Electives - 12 -15 credit hours
*The faculty recommends that all business students take an internship in an area of business related to their field of study.
Program Outcome
The result: Alumni in key roles across the nation
Our graduates work in large and small banks and financial institutions across the nation, as well as the nation's leading businesses. Other potential career options are in real estate, insurance, and money management.
Finance alumni work at companies including:
- Ambassador Enterprises
- Ash Brokerage
- Edward Jones
- Farm Bureau Insurance
- Fiat/Chrysler
- Marathon Petroleum
- MedPro Group
- New York Life
- Northwestern Mutual
- Owens Corning
- Raymond James Financial Services
- Wells Fargo
- Zimmer Biomet
Career Opportunities
The Bachelor of Science in business administration - finance degree offers career opportunities in a number of different areas, including:
Corporate Finance
- Treasurer
- Financial analyst
- Credit/Cash manager
- Benefits officer
- Real estate officer
- Controller
Money Management
- Portfolio manager
- Portfolio manager sales
- Investment advisor
- Mutual fund analyst
- Hedge fund manager
- Financial planner
Commercial Banking
- Credit analyst
- Loan officer
- Branch manager
- Trust officer
- Mortgage banker
Real Estate
- Real estate agent/broker
- Real estate appraiser
- Property manager
- Real estate advisor
- Real estate construction and development
- Real estate entrepreneur
Investment Banking
- Corporate finance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Trading
- Structured finance derivatives
- Investment advisor
- Equity research
- Fixed income research
- Emerging markets research
- International sales
- Public finance
- Stockbroker
- Institutional sales
- Computer systems
- Ratings analyst
Insurance
- Insurance agent
- Financial planner
- Benefits planner
- Pension planner