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2010-2011 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog

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Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

Requirements for the B.B.A.

Cognate Degree Requirements

Core Courses

All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.

For a major in business administration, you must complete the following courses:

Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major, minor, or cognates if applicable.

Required Business Electives

Three upper-division Seidman courses are not applied to the major, minor, or cognate (9 credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major.

Electives

Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. However, at least 60 hours of the total program must be in nonbusiness courses. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major or cognate courses, except the internship, on a credit/no credit basis. Lower-division economics courses and economics courses used in the B.B.A. cognate are counted as nonbusiness credit.

Requirements for a Major in Finance

Business Core

Additional Courses

And three other courses from the following list with at least one of three being a finance course:

Note:

Note that the economics courses selected for the business cognate cannot count as a finance elective.

Some financial institutions require a minimum of 12 credits of accounting for students who plan to seek positions as credit analysts.


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