Finance, BSBA

Program Coordinators by Concentration:

Finance Concentration: Brad Karl (3400 Bate Building; 252-328-5824; karlj@ecu.edu)
Risk Management Concentration: Brenda Wells (3113 Bate Building; 252-329-6372; wellsbr@ecu.edu)

The BSBA in finance offers the student an opportunity to study a wide variety of financial topics. Concentrations are offered in finance and risk management and insurance.

Minimum degree requirement is 120 s.h. of credit as follows:

l. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit see General Education Program.)

COMM 2020 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication or
COMM 2410 - Public Speaking
ECON 2113 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2133 - Principles of Macroeconomics
MATH 1064 - Applied Mathematics for Business or
MATH 1066 - Applied Mathematics for Decision Making or
Any higher approved general education mathematics course
PHIL 1175 - Introduction to Ethics or
PHIL 2274 - Business Ethics or
PHIL 2275 - Professional Ethics

Choose 3 s.h. from:

II. Cognates - 3 s.h.

(MATH 2228 or MATH 2283 count toward the general education elective requirement for this degree. Semester hours earned for one of these courses is not included in the 3 s.h. cognate requirement.)

III. Business core - 36 s.h.

Choose one international perspectives course from:

Senior business exam requirement:

Seniors must successfully complete the Senior Business Exam (SBE) in their last semester or summer term before graduation from the BSBA program. The SBE is administered near the end of each semester and summer term. Failure to successfully complete the SBE will result in the student being delayed from graduating in the BSBA program as this competency exam is a program requirement.

IV. Concentrations - 18 s.h.

(Choose one.)

Finance concentration:

Choose 9 s.h. from (a minimum 6 s.h. must be above 3999 or have an ACCT prefix):

Risk management and insurance concentration:

Choose 3 s.h. from:

V. Leadership and professional development - 9 s.h.

BUSI 1200 - Strategy First
BUSI 2200 - Experiential Leadership: Teams in Action
BUSI 3200 - Professional Development and Ethical Leadership
BUSI 4200 - Leadership Capstone
Leadership and professional development portfolio must be completed prior to graduation.

VI. General electives to complete requirements for graduation.

Note:

Finance concentration students interested in corporate or managerial finance should consider choosing among the following courses as possible electives: ACCT 3551 , ACCT 3621 , FINA 4414 , FINA 4454 , FINA 4734 .
Students with an interest in banking or investments should consider the following courses as possible electives: FINA 4404 , FINA 4404 , FINA 4414 , FINA 4734 , and FINA 4964 .
Students with an interest in international finance should consider FINA 4404 , FINA 4414 , FINA 4454 , and FINA 4964 as possible electives.
Students with an interest in real estate should consider FINA 3554 , FINA 4604 , FINA 4654 , and FINA 4964 as possible electives.