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Finance

 

Finance Degree

Auburn Montgomery’s B.S.B.A. in Finance offers a mix of applied and theoretical courses with an emphasis on the applied. Though the successful completion of courses in the Finance core you will garner the terminology, tools and skills necessary for a career in the financial services industry or functional area of financial management, as well as for graduate study. The program requires completion of a broad core of lower division courses that comprise the AUM core curriculum and an upper division business core that emphasizes a common body of knowledge and tools underlying the successful practice of business administration.

Finance Specialization

The program in finance provides a foundation in financial institutions, financial plan­ning and financial management. Students may then elect to concentrate in these areas or select advanced courses in related areas of finance, accounting or economics.

Finance Specialization Requirements

FINA 3370

Personal Financial Planning

 3
FINA 3620 Financial Management II 3
FINA 3650 Financial Institutions & Markets 3
FINA 4640 Invest Analysis & Portfolio Management 3
FINA 4800 Finance Seminar 4
  Finance Electives 15
  Total Hours 31

Electives – See academic advising for a list of approved finance electives.


Internships Opportunities

Competitive internships are available at local, regional, and national public accounting firms; governmental agencies; corporate and manufacturing entities; and nonprofit organizations.

Career Possibilities

  • Financial Analyst
  • Financial Planner
  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Real Estate
  • Investments
  • Estate & Retirement Planning
  • Enterprise Risk Management

Economics and Finance Club

Get to know your fellow Economics and Finance majors as well as faculty members by joining the Economics and Finance Club. The club encourages academic achievement and provides an opportunity to learn from professionals about the many career choices offered to economics and finance graduates. For more information call the club advisor, Dr.Tewhan Hahn at thahn1@aum.edu or 244-3231, or Jeff Bates at jbates3@aum.edu or 244-3187.

Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honors Society

Provides means not only to confer suitable honors on promising students but also to encourage scholarship by organized meetings at conferences and through the publication of its official journal. For more information contact advisor, Dr. Mariano Runco at mrunco@aum.edu or 244-3563.


For more information, please click on the brochure below or contact the faculty and staff. 

Finance Brochure