Finance- Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Management
Degree
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Overview
The Bachelor of Applies Science in Finance builds on basic accounting and finance courses to provide students with the knowledge, preparation, and hands-on practice necessary to pursue a career in the financial services industry. Students will learn and practice the financial skills necessary to work in banking, corporate finance, and personal financial advising careers. Skills include data analytics, financial analysis, financial modeling, and investments in various financial markets (including portfolio management).
Career opportunities
With a degree in Finance, students may pursue a career in the financial services industry and banking, investment and commercial banking, the insurance industry, real estate, financial advising and portfolio management. Other careers would include corporate finance, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and many others.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the degree, successful graduates will be able to:
- Manage the monetary resources of organizations
- Demonstrate understanding of financial markets and institutions
- Apply financial modeling to forecast organizational financial needs
- Demonstrate ability to analyze investment alternatives
- Demonstrate critical thinking and an analytics mindset to solve business problems
Course Requirements
Students are responsible to examine the course description of each course listed below for details of prerequisites, which must be satisfied before registering for the course.
Religion
Religion Electives
Complete three additional religion courses
Religion Cornerstone Courses
Complete all of the following:
Total Credit Hours: 14
College Success
| ENS 101 | College Success | 1 credit |
| BAP 115 | Excel and Introduction to Technology | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
Capstone
| ENS 497 | Disciple Leadership Capstone | 1 ½ credits |
| BUS 497 | Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business | 3 ½ credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 5 |
Career Success
| CAR 201 | Career Success | 1 credit |
| CAR 499R | Internship | 1-3 credits: This course can be taken a maximum of 2 times with a cap of 4 total credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
General Education
Composition Courses
Complete two courses (6 credit hours)
| ENG 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 credits |
| ENG 201 | Intermediate College Writing | 3 credits |
| ENG 301 | Technical Writing | 3 credits |
| BUS 340 | Professional Business Communications | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
**
BUS 340 can serve as both a Composition course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Quantitative Literacy
Complete one course (3-4 credit hours)
| MAT 107 | Quantitative Analysis and Personal Finance | 3 credits |
| MAT 110 | College Algebra | 4 credits |
| MAT 111 | Trigonometry | 3 credits |
| MAT 112 | Calculus I | 4 credits |
| MAT 113 | Calculus II | 4 credits |
| MAT 119 | Business Calculus | 3 credits |
| MAT 237 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 credits |
| MAT 252 | Statistics | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
**
MAT 252 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Distribution Areas
American Institutions
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| HIST 170 | American Civilizations | 3 credits |
| HIST 175 | History of Technology in the United States | 3 credits |
| POLS 110 | American Government | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Fine Arts
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| ART 101 | History of the Fine Arts | 3 credits |
| ART 110 | Survey of Visual & Performing Arts | 3 credits |
| ART 112 | Survey of Musical Elements, Cultures, and Performance | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Humanities
Students must complete one of the following courses
| COMM 122 | Interpersonal Communications | 3 credits |
| HUM 110 | Discovering the Humanities | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
**
COMM 122 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Life Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| LS 103 | Health and Nutrition | 3 credits |
| LS 265 | Anatomy & Physiology | 4 credits |
| LS 303 | Knowledge of the Physical and Natural World | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
LS 265 is for Medical Assisting student only
Physical Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| PS 120 | Earth Science | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Social Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| BUS 301 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| ECON 161 | Microeconomics | 3 credits |
| ECON 162 | Economic Principles and Problems-Macro, Online | 3 credits |
| PSYCH 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 credits |
| SS 130 | Geopolitics | 3 credits |
| SS 160 | Leadership & Human Behavior | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
**
BUS 301,
ECON 161 or
ECON 162 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Business and Finance Specific Requirements
As some courses may count towards certificates, the business core, program and/or general education requirements, students should work with an advisor to ensure they complete the minimum 120 credits.
Accounting Certificate
Accounting Certificate
| ACC 101 | Financial Accounting I | 3 credits |
| ACC 102 | Financial Accounting II | 3 credits |
| ACC 210 or FIN 301 | Quickbooks Online or Introduction to Finance | 3 credits |
| ACC 212 | Managerial Accounting | 3 credits |
| BAP 115 | Excel and Introduction to Technology | 1 credit |
| BAP 130 | Advanced Excel | 1 credit |
| BA 140 | Tableau for Business Analytics | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
**Students pursuing an Accounting BAS should take ACC 210 to complete the Accounting Certificate.
Students pursuing a Finance BAS should take FIN 301 to complete the Accounting Certificate.**
Business Core Requirements List
| ACC 101 | Financial Accounting I | 3 credits |
| ACC 212 | Managerial Accounting | 3 credits |
| BAP 115 | Excel and Introduction to Technology | 1 credit |
| BUS 301 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| BUS 321 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 credits |
| BUS 340 | Professional Business Communications | 3 credits |
| COMM 122 | Interpersonal Communications | 3 credits |
| ECON 161 or ECON 162 | Microeconomics or Economic Principles and Problems - Macro, Online | 3 credits |
| FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 3 credits |
| SCM 325 | Operations Management | 3 credits |
| MAT 252 | Statistics | 3 credits |
| BA 147 or IT 143 | Introduction to Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) or Database Design and Analysis | 1-3 credits |
| BUS 124 or BA 140 | Applied Presentation Skills or Tableau for Business Analytics | 1 credit |
| BUS 351 or DM 105 | Marketing Management or Introduction to Digital Marketing | 3 credits |
| BUS 497 | Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business | 3 ½ credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39.5-41.5 |
Finance Emphasis
| ACC 455 | Law and Ethics for Accountants | 1 credit |
| BUS 497 | Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business | 3 ½ credits |
| FIN 315 | Corporate Managerial Finance | 3 credits |
| FIN 335 | Investments | 3 credits |
| FIN 345 or FIN 350 | Financial Institutions or Fundamentals of Financial Planning | 3 credits |
| FIN 485 | Finance Capstone | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16.5 |
Finance Recommended Electives
While the following courses are not required for the degree, they are strongly recommend in preparation for a career in finance. Additionally, some of these are ideal courses to meet the 40 upper-division credit requirement.
| ACC 210 | QuickBooks Online | 3 credits |
| ACC 325 | Individual Tax | 3 credits |
| ACC 327 | Business Tax | 2 credits |
| ACC 334 | Accounting Systems | 3 credits |
| ACC 333 | Accounting Automation Systems | 1 credit |
| BA 350 | Data Analytics | 2 credits |
| BA 370 | Advanced Business Analysis | 3 credits |
| BA 380 | Advanced Data Analytics | 2 credits |
| ECON 162 | Economic Principles and Problems-Macro, Online | 3 credits |
Total Credit Hours: 120
Graduation Requirements
1.Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours
2.Complete a minimum of 40 credit hours of upper-division classes (>300 level)
3.Program grade point average of 2.0 or higher
4.C- grade or higher required in all program-specific classes
Recommended Course Sequence
Individual student circumstances, such as the need for a smaller course load or the number of preparatory English or Math courses a student must take, may require additional semesters to complete the program. Please see your Student Success Advisor for assistance.
First Semester - Fall - Block 5
ACC 101, Financial Accounting I, 3 credits
BAP 115, Excel & Technology in Business, 1 credit
COMM 122, Interpersonal Communications, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
First Semester - Fall - Block 6
ENS 101, College Success, 1 credit
ENG 101, Introduction To College Writing, 3 credits
GE – LS Gen Ed Life Science, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16
Second Semester - Winter - Block 1
ACC 102, Financial Accounting II, 3 credits
GE – FA Gen Ed Fine Arts, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Second Semester - Winter - Block 2
GE – SS, Recommend ECON 161, 3 credits
Elective credit, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Third Semester - Spring - Block 3
ACC 212, Managerial Accounting, 3 credits
BA 140, Tableau for Business Analytics, 1 credit
BA 147, Introduction to Databases & SQL, 1 credit
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 6
Third Semester - Spring - Block 4
BAP 130, Advanced Excel, 1 credit
BUS 340, Gen Ed (2nd level English), 3 credits
GE-AI, Gen Ed American Institutions, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Fourth Semester - Fall - Block 5
FIN 301 Introduction to Finance, 3 credits
Upper Division Elective, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Fourth Semester - Fall - Block 6
MAT 252, Statistics, 3 credits
GE – PS Gen Ed Physical Science, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Fifth Semester - Winter - Block 1
FIN 315, Corporate Managerial Finance, 3 credits
ECON 161, Microeconomics, 3 credits
Upper Division Elective course, 2 credits
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Fifth Semester - Winter - Block 2
Upper Division Elective course, 3 credits
CAR 201, Career Success, 1 credit
FIN 335, Investments, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits:16
Sixth Semester - Spring - Block 3
BUS 351, Marketing Management, 3 credits
FIN 345, Financial Institutions, 3 credits
Upper Division Elective course, 2 credits
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Sixth Semester - Spring - Block 4
FIN 485, Finance Capstone, 3 credits
ACC 455, Law and Ethics for Accountants, 1 credit
Upper Division Elective course, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16
Seventh Semester - Fall - Block 5
BUS 301, Principles of Management, 3 credits
BUS 321, Business Law and Ethics, 3 credits
CAR 499, Internship, 0.5 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7.5
Seventh Semester - Fall - Block 6
Upper Division Elective course, 3 credits
Upper Division Elective course, 3 credits
CAR 499, Internship, 0.5 credits
REL, Elective Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7.5
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 15
Eighth Semester - Winter - Block 1
ENS 497, Disciple Leadership Capstone, 1.5 credits
BUS 497, Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business, 1.75 credits
Upper Division Elective course, 2 credits
REL, Elective Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 6.25
Eighth Semester - Winter - Block 2
SCM 325, Operations Management, 3 credits
BUS 497, Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business, 1.75 credits
Upper Division Elective course, 2 credits
REL, Elective Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7.75
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Total Finance- Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Management Minimum Credit Hours 120