Finance - B.B.A.

The finance major prepares students to guide individuals, corporations, and organization through financial struggles and uncertainty. Careers in finance can be both fun and beneficial. Like accounting and economics, the backbone of finance is numbers and mathematics; however, successful finance majors tend to be creative problem-solvers who find innovative solutions for individuals and corporations. It is much more than math! Finance offers plenty of career options including investment banking, management consulting, financial planning, risk management, data analytics, financial analysis and more. The Brennan School of Business finance major helps aspiring managers prepare for positions of leadership via coursework emphasizing corporate governance, international capital markets, and investment analysis. Successful students interested seeking to gain a competitive edge in their careers may elect to sit for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam or the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam. Students selecting this career path should work closely with their academic advisor to select appropriate major coursework.

Major Requirements

Sixty-six semester hours^†, including:

Bachelor of Business Administration Core

Business Foundations

Complete the following courses (33 credit hours^†)

Business Practicums

Complete the following courses (11 credit hours^†)

Year 1: MGMT 197 - Business Gateway Practicum
Year 2: ENTR 297 - Entrepreneurship
Year 3: BCDP 397 - Level 1-Required Internship
Year 4: MGMT 497 - Business Capstone Practicum

Career Development

Complete the following courses (4 credit hours^†)

Year 1: BCDP 100 - Launching Your Career
Year 2: BCDP 200 - Leveraging Your Strengths
Year 3: BCDP 300 - Presenting Yourself Professionally
Year 4: BCDP 400 - Managing Your Career

Required Finance Courses:

In addition to the Business Core, the Finance major requires 6 courses in total. The three required courses are as follows:

FIN 320 - International Finance
FIN 321 - Advanced Corporate Finance
FIN 322 - Investments and Portfolio Management
Choose one additional FIN course at the 300-level or above:
FIN 323 - Financial Markets & Institutions
FIN 331 - Entrepreneurial Finance (cross-listed as ENTR 331)
FIN 420 - Real Estate Finance and Investments
FIN 421 - Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 440 - Risk Management and Derivatives
FIN 490 - Special Topics: Finance
Additional courses may be added to this group as they are developed.

Two elective courses chosen from the following:
Two additional FIN courses at the 300-level or above.
ACCT 312 - Income Taxation of Individuals
ECON 341 - Econometrics
ECON 343 - Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 490 - Special Topics in Economics
MATH 261 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
MATH 365 - Financial Mathematics
MGMT 463 - Global Supply Chain Management

Additional Requirements

A minimum of one half the courses in the major must be completed at Dominican.

^† Credit-hour requirements reflect the number of credits earned by students who complete all major requirements at Dominican University. These totals may be reduced due to waivers granted transfer students for certain courses or transfer-hour totals.

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