Finance (BS)
Bachelor's degree
In Providence (USA)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Providence (USA)
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
The Finance bachelor's degree program prepares students for the wide range of career opportunities available to finance professionals. Students in the program receive a solid foundation in financial statement interpretation and decision making, as well as in the areas of business, communications and general studies.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are expected to:
Apply the major concepts, skills and values of the finance profession.
Communicate effectively to diverse audiences, purposes and situations through a variety of professional methods required in the field of finance.
Use decision-support tools to solve problems and facilitate organizational processes.
Identify and analyze ethical issues related to financial decisions and recommend ethical responses and solutions.
Utilizing critical thinking and decision-making skills, apply common finance theories and concepts to changing global financial issues.
The finance curriculum is designed to meet the needs of some of the most prestigious industry certifications. As finance majors, students gain exposure to a broad range of financial practices with studies focusing on areas leading to positions in investment analysis, corporate finance, risk management and financial planning.
Students who maintain a grade point average of at least 2.75 may also have the opportunity to participate in a finance internship to gain experiential education by completing a work experience in their area of interest. Additional options are also available for foreign travel through the study abroad program.
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Some professions may require additional study, background checks, certifications, licenses, exams and/or experience as required qualifications for employment. Students are responsible for verifying that they can meet the employment requirements of potential employers.
Accountants and auditors
Business teachers, postsecondary
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
Credit counselors
Economics teachers, postsecondary
Financial Analysts
Financial Examiners
Financial Managers
Financial specialists
Management analysts
Postsecondary Education Administrators
Self-enrichment education teachers
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
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Subjects
- Decision Making
- Risk Management
- Planning
- Communications
- Options
- Corporate Finance
- Global
- Risk
- IT risk
- Financial Training
- Finance
- Financial
- Financial Planning
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial accounting
Course programme
A four-year program leading to the bachelor of science degree
Business Foundations
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Career Management
- Finance
- Spreadsheet Design for Business Solutions
- The Legal Environment of Business I
- Contemporary Business Management I
- Human Resource Management
- Principles of Marketing
- Intermediate Accounting I
- Intermediate Accounting II
- Macroeconomics
- Introduction to Financial Institutions
- Investments
- International Finance
- Money and Capital Markets
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Experiential Education Projects in Financial Modeling and Valuation
- Risk Management and Insurance
- Corporate Finance
- Finance Seminar
Choose three of the following:
- Credit Risk Analysis and Management
- Fundamentals of Financial Planning
- Bank Management
- Fundamentals of Estate Planning
- Real Estate
- Futures and Options
- Portfolio Management and Analysis
- Fixed Income Analysis
Communications Foundation Courses
- English Composition
- Advanced Composition and Communication
- Communication Skills
- Two ILS courses, one at the 2000 level, and one at the 4000 level.
- Ethics: A Global Perspective
- One course from ART, HIST, HUM‡, LIT, or REL
- Quantitative Analysis I (or higher, based on student's placement)
- Statistics
- One course from BIO^, CHM±, PHY° or SCI
- Microeconomics
- One course from ANTH°°, LEAD, PSCI, PSYC or SOC
- Two courses with an EASC attribute, at least one at 3000 level or higher.
- 13.5 credits selected from 1000-4999 numbered offerings within the university.
Finance (BS)