Bachelor Degree (B.A.) in Finance
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The Finance program at Belmont Abbey College teaches you how to solve problems, make executive decisions, and apply policies in keeping with the highest values of a Catholic and Benedictine education. You will learn how to maintain and improve existing financial systems, as well as how to responsibly fund new ventures. With technical skills in market forecasting, analytical reasoning, and wealth management, your career can create a more just and prosperous world.
Possible career paths:
Financial analyst or manager for corporations or banks, personal financial planning, capital budgeting, risk and tax management, forecasting revenues and expenditures, coordinating mergers and acquisitions, graduate studies in finance, economics or law
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$60k
Average Salary For Finance Majors
Curriculum
In addition to the specific requirements listed in the section below, all students at the Abbey are required to earn credits in our core liberal arts curriculum.
Required Courses:
AC 211: Principles of Financial Accounting
EC 201: Introductory Economics I
EC 202: Introductory Economics II
MA 210: Mathematics for Economics and Finance
EC/BU 306: Quantitative Analysis OR MA 208: Statistics
BU 310: Finance
BU 311: Financial Management
EC 316: Intermediate Macro
EC 317: Intermediate Micro
EC/TH 352: Business Economy & Catholic Social Thought
EC 408W: Economics Seminar
Four of the following elective courses:
BU 335: Personal Finance and Investments
BU 411: Financial Investments
ET 303: Financing New Ventures
EC 305: Data Analytics for Economics and Finance
EC/BU 307: Money and Banking
BU 412: Legal Environment of Business
EC/BU 424: Public Finance
EC 440: International Economics and Finance
IB 310: International Business
EC/BU 410: Business and Society
MA 205: Calculus for Managerial and Social Sciences OR MA 201: Calculus I
MA 305: Advanced Statistics
BU 453: Internship
EC 490: Senior Thesis
*It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
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More about the experience
LILY MULLEN ’21
“After taking an Intro to Micro class with Dr. Scott my freshmen year, I became fascinated with Economics. The Abbey’s Economics program is unique since it offers a well-rounded education that addresses both theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding human action in relation to incentives (including but not limited to money!).”
RAPHAEL WINTERS ‘21
“In the economics program I have learned how to think and communicate in a clear, logical way supported via citing evidence, proofs, rhetoric, and visual presentation. And so learning economics taught me the skills and methods necessary to be a leader in the world.”
JILLIAN CULBERTSON ‘21
“The Business Program at the Abbey has an exceptional slew of resources available in the professors. The professors in this department are passionate in what they teach and excited to help students who ask for it.”
