Finance
The exciting world of finance and/or risk management insurance is at your fingertips. This education will help you excel in managerial finance, banking, financial services, business law and real estate.
Finance Program Overview
Are you interested in delving into the world of finance? Do you want to explore what finance means to organizations large and small?
The Department of Finance provides support in the areas of managerial finance, banking, financial services, business law and real estate. Students develop applied and theoretical knowledge as the basis for successful financial management of both large and small organizations and in providing financial services to both individuals and financial institutions.
The department offers two concentrations: finance and risk management and insurance. Each concentration furnishes professional education in relevant methods of financial management, preparing students to enter fields where they apply financial concepts to help solve problems and find solutions.
ECU Advantage
More students are enrolled in the ECU College of Business than in any other business school in the state. As a student in the College of Business, you’ll benefit from a professional college that has been continuously accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the premier accrediting agency of collegiate business schools worldwide, since 1967 (we are one of only two institutions in North Carolina—and 120 worldwide—that have been continuously accredited by the AACSB since 1967 or before.)
For the sixth straight year, the College of Business at East Carolina University has again earned top marks, ranking among the best U.S. business schools according to the Princeton Review.
We also offer a strong curriculum that prepares today’s students to become tomorrow’s leaders; solid preparation in valuable 21st-century skills, including leadership skills, communications skills, and professionalism; a personalized network of support in a close-knit, caring community; diverse and talented full-time faculty with real-world experience in their fields of expertise; and small class sizes coupled with flexible class schedules and a variety of online options.
The College of Business offers a unique Living Learning Community option for first-year and sophomore students as well as a Business Scholars Award—a renewable four-year merit scholarship awarded to outstanding incoming students who are pursuing a BSBA.
Our programs boast exceptional educational value and a variety of active student organizations—offering you the opportunity to network and get involved.
What You Will Study
Program Coordinator: Brenda Wells (3417 Bate Building; 252-328-6372; wellsbr@ecu.edu)
The Finance, BSBA offers the student an opportunity to study a wide variety of financial topics. Concentrations are offered in finance and risk management and insurance.
The degree requires a minimum of 120 s.h. as follows:
Core Requirements:
IV. Concentrations - 18 s.h.
(Choose one.)
Finance concentration:
- FINA 3144 - Financial Markets
- FINA 3824 - Financial Analysis and Planning
- FINA 3904 - Investments
Choose 9 s.h. from (a minimum 6 s.h. must be above 3999 or have an ACCT prefix):
- ACCT 3551 - Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT 3621 - Cost Accounting
- FINA 3154 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
- FINA 3554 - Principles of Real Estate
- FINA 4404 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
- FINA 4454 - International Finance
- FINA 4604 - Real Estate Financing
- FINA 4734 - Financial Management II
- FINA 4961 - Topics in Finance
- FINA 4964 - Topics in Finance
Risk management and insurance concentration:
- FINA 3154 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
- FINA 3544 - Commercial Property Insurance
- FINA 3564 - Commercial Liability Insurance
- FINA 4500 - Risk Management I
- FINA 4700 - Advanced Risk and Insurance Topics
Choose 3 s.h. from:
- FINA 3904 - Investments
- FINA 4600 - Risk Management II
- FINA 4750 - Insurance Market Operations
- FINA 4964 - Topics in Finance
- MKTG 4762 - Services Marketing
Note:
- Finance concentration students interested in corporate or managerial finance should consider choosing among the following courses as possible electives: ACCT 3551, ACCT 3621, FINA 4454, FINA 4734.
- Students with an interest in banking or investments should consider the following courses as possible electives: FINA 4404, FINA 4734, and FINA 4964.
- Students with an interest in international finance should consider FINA 4404, FINA 4454, and FINA 4964 as possible electives.
- Students with an interest in real estate should consider FINA 3554, FINA 4604, and FINA 4964 as possible electives.
Shared BSBA Cores:
l. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.
(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program section.)
- COMM 2020 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication OR
- COMM 2410 - Public Speaking
- ECON 2113 - Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 2133 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- MATH 1065 - College Algebra OR
- any higher approved general education mathematics course
- PHIL 1175 - Introduction to Ethics OR
- PHIL 2274 - Business Ethics OR
- PHIL 2275 - Professional Ethics
Choose 3 s.h. from:
- PSYC 1000 - Introductory Psychology
- SOCI 2110 - Introduction to Sociology
II. Cognates - 3 s.h.
(MATH 2228 or MATH 2283 count toward the general education elective requirement for this degree. Semester hours earned for one of these courses is not included in the 3 s.h. cognate requirement.)
- ENGL 3880 - Writing for Business and Industry
- MATH 2228 - Elementary Statistical Methods I OR
- MATH 2283 - Statistics for Business
III. Business core - 36 s.h.
- ACCT 2401 - Financial Accounting
- ACCT 2521 - Managerial Accounting
- FINA 2244 - Legal Environment of Business
- FINA 3724 - Financial Management
- MGMT 3202 - Fundamentals of Management
- MGMT 4842 - Strategic Management
- MIS 2223 - Introduction to Computers
- MIS 3063 - Introduction to Management Information Systems
- MKTG 3832 - Marketing Management
- OMGT 3123 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
- OMGT 3223 - Business Decision Modeling
Choose one international perspectives course from:
- ACCT 4451 - International Accounting
- FINA 4454 - International Finance
- MGMT 3352 - International Business
- MGMT 3552 - Global Perspectives in Business
- MKTG 3852 - Cultural Environment of International Business
- MKTG 4992 - International Marketing
V. Leadership and professional development - 9 s.h.
- BUSI 1200 - Strategy First
- BUSI 2200 - Experiential Leadership: Teams in Action
- BUSI 3200 - Professional Development and Ethical Leadership
- BUSI 4200 - Leadership Capstone
- Leadership and Professional Development Portfolio must be completed prior to graduation.
VI. General electives to complete requirements for graduation.
For more information about this degree visit the university's academic catalogs.
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