Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree with a Financial Services Concentration Requirements:
Financial Services Concentration Curriculum Requirements
| Financial Services Concentration Requirements (Also required for the Financial Planning Track) | ||
| ACG 352 | Individual Taxation | 3 |
| FIN 312 | Investments | 3 |
| FIN 315 | Financial Institutions and Markets | 3 |
| FIN 381 | Risk Management and Insurance | 3 |
| LGLS 412 | Law of Financial Institutions | 3 |
| MKT 311 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| Financial Services Electives | ||
Select four of the following: 1 | ||
| ACG 351 | Corporate Taxation | 3 |
| ACG 370 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
| AM 451 | Pension Fundamentals | 3 |
| FIN 311 | Forecasting for Decision Making | 3 |
| FIN 340 | Microfinance | 3 |
| FIN 368 | Multinational Finance | 3 |
| FIN 370 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| FIN 380 | Financial Modeling | 3 |
| FIN 383 | Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| FIN 384 | Credit Essentials | 3 |
| FIN 386 | Foreign Exchange Markets and Global Investments | 3 |
| FIN 450 | Securities Analysis | 3 |
| FIN 454 | Portfolio Management | 6 |
| FIN 457 | Equity and Commodity Derivative Securities | 3 |
| FIN 458 | Debt Securities, Derivatives and Investing | 3 |
| FIN 465 | Innovations in Contemporary Finance | 3 |
| FIN 466 | Data Analysis for Finance | 3 |
| FIN 475 | Management of Banking Institutions | 3 |
| FIN 480 | Archway Fixed Income Portfolio Management | 3 |
| FS 391 | Financial Services Internship | 3 |
| FS 486 | Securities Brokerage | 3 |
| FS 497 | Directed Study in Financial Services | 3 |
| MKT 363 | Personal Selling | 3 |
| Financial Planning Track Requirements 2 | ||
| ACG 370 | Personal Financial Planning 3 | 3 |
| AM 451 | Pension Fundamentals 3 | 3 |
| FS 391 | Financial Services Internship 4 | 3 |
| FS 497 | Directed Study in Financial Services (Financial Planning Capstone) 6 | 3 |
| Business Core Requirements | ||
| ACG 203 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACG 204 | Principles Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 400 | Business Policy | 3 |
| FIN 201 | Financial Management | 3 |
| ISA 201 | Introduction to Information Technology and Analytics | 3 |
| LGLS 211 | The Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MGT 200 | Management Principles and Practice | 3 |
| MGT 201 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MKT 201 | Foundations of Marketing Management | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Minor Requirement | ||
Four Courses (selection is made from a variety of liberal arts disciplines) 4 | ||
A minimum of 30 credit hours is required for the concentration.
A minimum of 122 credit hours is required for graduation.
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Must include one 400-level.
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Students who complete the Financial Planning Track requirements above must also complete 1 additional non-degree credit courses (Estate Planning) through Bryant University's Executive Development Center (or other CFP Registered institution offering these courses) to satisfy the CFP Board of Standard's education requirements.
Students enrolled in the Financial Planning Track will be required to successfully complete a Financial Planning Internship (under the same structure as existing Financial Services Internship FS 391).
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Satisfies a topical area for the educational component of the CFP designation.
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Satisfies a topical area for the educational component of the CFP designation if the context of the internship is financial planning. Faculty approval is required for counting FS 391 as a Financial Planning internship.