Bachelor of Business Administration, Major in Finance

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Each BBA degree consists of:

Note: Transfer students must take at least 50% of the required business curriculum for the BBA in residence at Sam Houston State University, which may include courses taken at The Woodlands Center campus or through SHSU Online.

1 The Business Core is made up of the following courses:

ACCT 2301Principles of Financial Acc3
ACCT 2302Principles of Managerial Acc3
BANA 2372Business Analysis3
BANA 3363Inter Business Analysis3
BUAD 2301Business Legal Environment3
BUAD 3335Business Communication3
ECON 2301Principles Of Macroeconomics3
ECON 2302Principles Of Microeconomics 13
ECON 3000-4000 level 2
FINC 3320Business Finance3
MGIS 3310Principles of MIS3
MGMT 3310Principles Of Management3
MGMT 3370Operations Management3
MGMT 4390Strategic Management & Policy3
MKTG 3310Principles Of Marketing3

Program-Specific Requirements

Finance majors must make a minimum grade of "C" or better in all FINC courses taken to graduate with a BBA in Finance.

Degree Plan

Bachelor of Business Administration, Major in Finance
Core Curriculum
Component Area I (Communication)6
Component Area II (Mathematics)3
Component Area III (Life and Physical Science)8
Component Area IV (Language, Philosophy, and Culture)3
Component Area V (Creative Arts)3
Component Area VI (U.S. History)6
Component Area VII (Political Science/Government)6
Component Area VIII (Social and Behavioral Sciences)3
Component Area IX (Component Area Option)4
First Year
FallHoursSpringHours
Component Area III4Component Area III4
ECON 1100, KINE 2115, NGLI 1101, or MCOM 113011Component Area V3
ENGL 130123BUAD 1305 or CSTE 13303
HIST 130133ENGL 130223
MATH 132443HIST 130233
 14 16
Second Year
FallHoursSpringHours
Component Area IV3ACCT 23023
ACCT 23013BANA 23723
BUAD 23013BUAD 2321 or COMS 238213
ECON 23023ECON 230163
POLS 230553POLS 230653
 15 15
Third Year
FallHoursSpringHours
BANA 33633ACCT 33133
FINC 33103BUAD 33353
FINC 33203BUAD 3355 or 33573
MGMT 33103Finance Elective (select from list below)3
MKTG 33103MGIS 33103
 15 15
Fourth Year
FallHoursSpringHours
ACCT 3314 or 334773Elective3
ECON 4373, 4362, or 43573FINC 43353
FINC 43203FINC 43903
FINC 43453Finance Elective (select from list below)3
MGMT 33703MGMT 43903
 15 15
Total Hours: 120
Finance Electives
Select two of the following:6
Financial Spreadsheet Modeling 2
Independent Study
Special Topic
Entrepreneurial/Small Firm Fin 3
Selling Financial Services 4
Commercial Bank Lending
International Finance
Security Analy & Portfolio Mgt 3
Sem in Financial Derivatives 4
Undergrad Internship in Fin
Total Hours6

The BBA in Finance is designed to provide graduates with the following marketable skills:

  • Understanding of investments including; the ability to quantify price and yield metrics and measure performance for both fixed-income and equity securities singularly and in portfolios; understanding risk, return, and diversification; and understanding options both for hedging and speculation.
  • Understand the function of the financial system, including the operations and structure of Federal Reserve and banking system, bond markets, stock markets, and understanding money markets.
  • Proficiency in calculating historical and prospective financial ratios used in analyzing financial statement data, in manipulating financial accounting data as needed to gain a broader understanding of financial accounting relationships, and in interpreting financial ratios and similar metrics used in making investment and financing decisions.
  • Ability to create and analyze information useful to the managers of a firm, including understanding and explaining the cost of capital, cash flows as they form the basis for valuation of real and financial assets and demonstrating the ability to summarize and analyze potential investment projects.