What You'll Learn
As an entrepreneurship major you'll be studying topics in business management and learning what it takes to be successful in the financial services sector.
The Finance Faculty have developed courses that align with three distinct career paths:
Financial Planning Track - This track exposes students to courses that help them make decisions about finances, determine financial goals and create a plan for themselves and for their clients. Managing risk through insurance, budgeting and managing debt, education planning and retirement planning are some of the areas covered in the curriculum. The track can lead to various certifications in financial planning, e.g. certified financial planner (CFP).
Management Accountant Track - This track exposes students in how to use accounting information in decision making and assist in the management and performance of control functions. Risk management and internal controls, performance management and planning and analysis are some of the areas covered in the curriculum. The curriculum can lead to jobs as accounting managers, controllers and chief financial officers.
Financial Analyst Track - This track exposes students to their analysis of investments in different asset classes. Investment and credit analysis, financial modeling, financial statement analysis and security analysis are some of the areas covered in the curriculum. The curriculum can lead to jobs as a credit manager, financial analyst, valuation specialist and in the banking industry.
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Degree Requirements
A minimum of 38 General Education credits are required. Non-Business General Education credits are indicated below. Business Core Requirements satisfy an additional 15 credits hours of General Education. Course No. Title Credits IDIS 101 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UBalt Freshman)3 INFO 110 Introduction to University Learning
(Only for UBalt Freshman)3 Arts and Humanities 3 Arts and Humanities
(Must be from a different discipline)3 Social and Behaviorial Sciences
(Other than Econ)3 Biological and Physical Sciences
3 Biological and Physical Sciences
(with a lab)
3-4 WRIT 101 English Composition 3 IDIS 302 Upper-Division Ethics 3 WRIT 300 Upper-Division Writing
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Lower-Division Business Requirements (24 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Lower-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ACCT 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Prerequisite: ACCT 201 or equivalent with a minimum grade of C.3 BULA 151 Business Law I 3 CMAT 201
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CMAT 303Oral Communications
Laboratory fee required.3 ECON 200 The Economic Way of Thinking 3 MATH 111 College Algebra 3 MATH 115
Introductory Statistics 3 OPRE 202 Statistical Data Analysis
Prerequisites: OPRE 201 and basic computer skills.3 -
Upper-Division Business Requirements (31 Credits)
All students in the BSBA program take these Upper-Division Business Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ECON 308 Money and Banking 3 FIN 331 Financial Management
Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 200 or 3 hours of micro- or macroeconomics, and MATH 115.3 INSS 300 Management Information Systems 3 MGMT 301 Management and Organizational Behavior
Prerequisite: WRIT 300
3 MGMT 302 Global Business Environment 3 MGMT 315 Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: MATH 1153 MGMT 330 Personal and Professional Skills for Business
There is a lab fee associated with this course.
1 MGMT 339 Process and Operations Management
Prerequisite: MATH 1153 MKTG 301 Marketing Management 3 OPRE 315 Business Application of Decision Science
Prerequisite: MATH 111 and Math 1153 MGMT 475 Strategic Management
Prerequisites: all business upper-division core courses / Merrick School of Business student or permission of the instructor.3
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Finance Specialization Requirements (15 credits)