Curriculum: Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance

Curriculum: Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
07.01.2024
60-120 credit hours
08.26.2024
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The UC Online Bachelor of Business Administration program can be completed at your own pace and schedule. Our students are provided with the skills to take their careers to the next level or make sure they are better prepared when they begin their professional careers.

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First Year Non-Business Coursework

Course Title / Description Credit
Comm2081
Business Communication
Course: Comm2081
Credit: 3
This course introduces foundational business communication principles and practices. Students will learn to analyze different communication situations; to plan and design oral and written communications; to communicate effectively using appropriate formats, styles, and technologies; and to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills in order to achieve desired communication objectives.
3
ENGL1001
English Composition
Course: ENGL1001
Credit: 3
English Composition 1001 is a writing-centered course that emphasizes the careful reading, analytical thinking, and persuasive strategies inherent in researching and writing within an academic community. Students learn that rhetorical knowledge is the basis of composing while learning to write with purpose, audience, context, and conventions in mind. Students develop rigorous academic research practices: how to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources relevant to their line of inquiry and position their own ideas in conversation with public writing. Students also engage in regular self-reflection: articulating what they know, what they can do, and how to apply their knowledge and skills in various contexts.
3
MATH1044
Applied Calculus I
Course: MATH1044
Credit: 3
The first part of a two-semester sequence (MATH1044 and 1045) of courses on calculus appropriate for students in business and life sciences. Topics covered include functions, graphs, limits, continuity, properties of exponential and logarithmic functions, differentiation, higher order derivatives, curve sketching, model, solve and interpret solutions of applied optimization problems and marginal analysis.
3
MATH1045
Applied Calculus II
Course: MATH1045
Credit: 3
The second part of a two-semester sequence (MATH1044 and 1045) on calculus appropriate for students in business and life sciences. Topics covered include antidifferentiation, the fundamental theorem of calculus, numeric and technology-based estimation of definite integrals, computation of area under a curve and between two curves, model, solve and interpret solutions of consumer/producer surplus as well as present/future value problems, elasticity, improper integrals, applications to probability, functions of two variables, partial derivatives, maxima and minima of two variable functions.
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First Year Business Coursework

Required Courses

Course Title / Description Credit
BA1041
Business Pathways I
Course: BA1041
Credit: 1
Business Pathways I develops understandings and skills that support an integrated college experience. The Lindner College of Business uses the PACE curriculum. This course places focus on Professionalism and Academics. Classes pertain to college transition, academic planning, university resources, Lindner College of Business degree offerings, and the themes that our faculty, staff, and employers believe are important to the development of business problem solvers.
1
BA1042
Business Pathways II
Course: BA1042
Credit: 1
Business Pathways II continues to develop the understandings and skills that support an integrated college experience. The Lindner College of Business uses the PACE curriculum. This course places focus on Character and Engagement. Classes pertain to civic engagement, diversity & inclusion, university resources, and the themes that our faculty, staff, and employers believe are important to the development of business problem solvers.
1
ECON1001
Introduction to Microeconomics
Course: ECON1001
Credit: 3
The course assists students to learn and comprehend (1) economics as a social science that draws conclusions based on hypotheses, theories, and data in order to understand human behavior, (2) basic microeconomics terms and concepts, including scarcity and choice, equilibrium, efficiency and equity, positive and normative economics, comparative advantage, and specialization, (3) the fundamental economic question of allocating scarce resources, (4) opportunity cost and the production possibility frontier, (5) supply and demand, the function of prices in markets, how markets work and sometimes don't work, including market failure and externalities, (6) the effects of government intervention in markets, (7) how consumers make choices, (8) production theory, (9) the costs of production, (10) firm behavior in competitive markets, (11) firm behavior in imperfect markets, (12) elasticity and its application, (13) markets for resources, the determination of wage rates, interest, and rent, (14) the determination of income distribution, including poverty and discrimination, (15) the determinants of international trade flows, (16) to apply economic
3
ECON1002
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Course: ECON1002
Credit: 3
The course assists students to learn and comprehend (1) economics as a social science that draws conclusions based on hypotheses, theories, and data in order to understand human behavior, (2) basic macroeconomic terminology and concepts, including the distinction between real and nominal magnitudes, (3) the national income accounts, (4) the nature of the business cycle, (5) the determinates of important macroeconomic variables,including the level of income, the level of employment, the unemployment rate, the natural rate of unemployment, the price level, the inflation rate, productivity and the rate of interest, (6) the supply and demand for money, (7)the Federal Reserve System, (8) aggregate demand and aggregate supply, (9) the effects of fiscal and monetary policies, (10) the basics of theories of macroeconomic instability, (11) unemployment and inflation tradeoffs, (12) the effects of the federal government's budget deficit, (13) long run growth and policies to affect growth, (14) comparative advantage, (15) the determinants of foreign trade flows and exchange rates, and their effects on the domestic economy, (16) to apply economic reasoning to better understand and critically evaluate real world circumstances and events.
3
MGMT1051
Essentials of Business
Course: MGMT1051
Credit: 2
This course, structured around Business Essentials, Business Pathways, and Entrepreneurship, lays the foundation for our college's learning objectives through the PACE platform. It combines Essentials of Business with Business Pathways to offer a holistic first-year experience, fostering academic exploration, strategic planning, and personal development. Additionally, its connection to the Entrepreneurship concentration equips students with essential skills and an innovative mindset for corporate and entrepreneurial ventures. This integrated approach ensures a comprehensive introduction to the business world.
2
MGMT1052
Essentials of Business II
Course: MGMT1052
Credit: 1
This course, structured around Business Essentials, Business Pathways, and Entrepreneurship, lays the foundation for our college's learning objectives through the PACE platform. It combines Essentials of Business with Business Pathways to offer a holistic first-year experience, fostering academic exploration, strategic planning, and personal development. Additionally, its connection to the Entrepreneurship concentration equips students with essential skills and an innovative mindset for corporate and entrepreneurial ventures. This integrated approach ensures a comprehensive introduction to the business world.
1
BA1080
Career Success Strategies (FYE)
Course: BA1080
Credit: 1
Career Success Strategies (FYE) is part of the Lindner Freshman Experience. This course is targeted to the specific needs of Lindner freshmen, helping students explore possible career paths and leverage their varied options for gaining professional experience. To build a foundation for career success, the course develops skills vital for executing an effective job search. For example, students will learn how to (a) identify opportunities fitting their career goals, (b) articulate their strengths, skills and interests, (c) effectively compile job application materials, and (d) expand their professional network2.
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Lower Core Coursework

Required Courses

Course Title / Description Credit
ACCT2081
Financial Accounting
Course: ACCT2081
Credit: 3
This course develops foundational knowledge and skills needed to prepare and analyze basic financial statements. Topics include cash, inventory, fixed assets, current and long-term liabilities and equity. Students will prepare multi-step income statements, classified balance sheets and statements of cash flows. Students will utilize efficiency and effectiveness ratios, as well as vertical and horizontal analysis, to evaluate financial performance.
3
ACCT2082
Managerial Accounting
Course: ACCT2082
Credit: 3
This course develops foundational knowledge and skills needed to apply accounting data in planning and controlling business operations. Topics include costs, cost drivers and allocation, contribution margin and managerial budgeting.
3
BANA2081
Business Analytics I
Course: BANA2081
Credit: 3
This course develops fundamental knowledge and skills for applying statistics to business decision making. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing and the use of computer software for statistical applications.
3
BANA2082
Business Analytics II
Course: BANA2082
Credit: 3
This course is a continuation of BANA 2081. It further develops fundamental knowledge and skills for applying statistical and management science models to business decision making. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression, contingency tables, chi-square tests, ANOVA, decision analysis, simulation and risk models and optimization models, including the use of software for business applications.
3
BLAW2080
Legal Environment of Business
Course: BLAW2080
Credit: 3
This course examines the legal environment in which business operates, and develops an understanding of the legal consequences attached to business decision making. Topics include the study of torts, contracts, property, ethics and the legal system of the United States.
3
ENGL2089
Intermediate Composition
Course: ENGL2089
Credit: 3
Intermediate Composition is a writing-centered course that builds on what students learn in first-year composition and focuses students’ attention on theoretical underpinning of how meaning is made, understood, and communicated within and across various discourse communities and genres. The course emphasizes critical reading and writing, advanced research and analysis skills, and rhetorical sensitivity to differences in academic, professional, and public composing. This course challenges students to engage in substantive projects drawing on primary research and source analysis methods and asks students to document, communicate, and reflect on their research.
3
IS2080C
Digital Technologies for Business
Course: IS2080C
Credit: 3
Information Systems (IS)-and the enabling digital technologies-constitute integral and critical resources for all aspects of a business, from operational efficiency and managerial decision making, to the implementation of transformative business strategies. Businesses spend over $1 trillion annually on technology and related information systems. This course is designed to help students develop a working knowledge of digital technologies, to understand business opportunities created by digital technologies, and to gain awareness of how organizations leverage digital technologies to improve organizational processes and enhance related business strategies.The course also has a hands-on component-students will develop specific competencies in using spreadsheet, database, and web development tools to make informed business and financial decisions.
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Upper Core Coursework

Course Title / Description Credit
BANA3080
Electives: Marketing Strategy for Managers
Course: BANA3080
Credit: 2

This course aims to develop a conceptual framework for strategic planning and introduce a handful of analytical tools. Importantly, strategy involves wrestling with knotty problems and testing solutions in a group context. Therefore, we develop descriptive familiarity and some analytical prowess around real problems and develop vital points of reference we can utilize in future, analogous circumstances. We analyze marketing cases that pivot on substantial, contemporary issues involving branding, market selection, business definition, program development and management, among others.

2
INTB3080
Global Environment of Business
Course: INTB3080
Credit: 3
This is a foundation course in international business. The objective is to present a selected mix of information which exposes students to cultural, social, political, economic, legal, and financial environments in which American business executives manage their operations in today's complex business environment. Students will gain a greater awareness of the many challenging issues facing corporations in the global economy.
3
MGMT3080
Management
Course: MGMT3080
Credit: 3
In this course, students will learn and apply the basic principles of organizational behavior and theory. We will examine a number of theories and concepts relevant to the problems and issues confronting managers today. Class sessions will consist of lecture, discussion, exercises, self-assessments, and other activities designed to help students learn relevant organizational behavior theories as well as develop vital managerial skills. The course is divided into three modules that examine the varied and interwoven levels of management: individuals, groups and teams, and organizations.
3
OM3080
Operations Management
Course: OM3080
Credit: 3
Survey of the operations function in industrial, service and public organizations. Includes forecasting, line balancing, aggregate scheduling, layout, inventory planning, work measurement, quality control, quality improvement, MRP.
3
FIN3080C
Business Finance
Course: FIN3080C
Credit: 3
This is the core finance course required of business majors. Business Finance acquaints students with the fundamental principles of finance. The two key concepts developed in the course will be 1) the time value of money; and, 2)the trade off between risk and return. This is a 'tools' course that will provide you with the skills to analyze a wide range of financial decisions. A major emphasis in the class will be on learning how to think systematically about financial valuation and how to apply these insights to a variety of business (e.g., capital budgeting decisions) and personal (e.g., retirement planning, automobile and mortgage loans) financial problems.
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Capstone

Course Title / Description Credit
BA5080
Business Strategy
Course: BA5080
Credit: 3
This course is intended to be the culmination of your undergraduate curriculum. As a capstone course, it provides a framework for integrating knowledge from functional foundation courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum. You will be expected to analyze and assess internal operations of a firm and the external and competitive environment of an industry. Students will also be asked to formulate effective competitive strategies for firms under conditions of domestic and international uncertainty. Comprehensive case studies, readings and industry simulations will be used to help the student understand the difficulties and challenges of effectively implementing strategic plans. This course is designed to challenge your analytical and decision-making skills, as well as develop interpersonal skills important to your future success.
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Major Courses

Students complete four required finance courses and twelve hours of approved electives. Students may not double count courses between Lindner majors, minors, and certificates.

Course Title / Description Credit
FIN4001
Corporate Finance
Course: FIN4001
Credit: 3
In this course students will develop the analytical tools necessary for analyzing corporate financing decisions. Central to these decisions is the firm's cost of capital. After learning to compute the cost of capital, you are to apply it to numerous questions that are essential to corporate financing decisions including what is the value of the firm, should the firm raise capital, what is the optimal mix of debt and equity, what should the firm's payout (dividend) policy be, should the firm lease or buy its assets, and how to value a firm's equity as an option on the firm's assets?
3
FIN4053
Financial Markets and Institutions
Course: FIN4053
Credit: 3
This course is designed to examine the operations of the financial markets and to increase understanding of the major types of financial institutions. The course will cover various markets (stock and money markets) and institutions(banks and pension funds) through which savings are used to fund investments.
3
FN4021
Course: FN4021
Credit:
FN4014
BoK: NS
Course: FN4014
Credit: 6

Natural Sciences Students complete six hours of NS coursework.

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Finance Electives

Students complete 12 hours of finance electives from this approved list. A minimum of 2 courses must be FIN. Students must meet all pre-requisites for the courses they wish to take. Pre-requisites vary by course. Students may not double count courses between Lindner majors, minors, and certificates.

Course Title / Description Credit
FN4013
Free Electives
Course: FN4013
Credit: 12

Students must complete 12 hours of free electives

12
Course:
Credit:
FIN4021
Derivatives
Course: FIN4021
Credit: 3
The principal objective of this course is to provide a detailed examination of options, futures, forwards, and swaps. By the end of the course students will have a good knowledge of how these contracts work, how they are traded, how they are used, and how they are priced. A major emphasis in the class will be on how derivative instruments are used by financial institutions in light of recent economic events.
3
FIN4014
Fixed Income
Course: FIN4014
Credit: 3
This course examines fixed-income markets, with anemphasis on the pricing and risk of fixed income securities, derivatives, and portfolios. Bond immunization and trading strategies will be discussed with an in-depth coverage of both Treasury and Corporate Debt Securities. We will explain how Federal Reserve uses monetary policy to influence the term structure of interest rates.This course helps students to establish a solid foundation in understanding fixed-income securities and furthermore to apply such knowledgeto real-world investment decisions in bond markets.
3
FIN4013
Portfolio Management
Course: FIN4013
Credit: 3
Portfolio Management covers the significant issues in managing client money professionally. This course provides a broad view of the investment process, client needs, institutional knowledge, historical precedents, and current issues in portfolio management.
3
FIN4011
Investments
Course: FIN4011
Credit: 3
This course is an introduction to financial markets, security analysis, and securities differences.
3
FIN4041
Financial Modeling
Course: FIN4041
Credit: 3
The purpose of this course is to help students develop spreadsheet modeling skills applied to a wide variety of corporate finance and investments topics that cover many of the quantitative models used in finance. This course will emphasize active, hands-on learning rather than passive, lecture style learning.
3
FIN4053
Financial Markets and Institutions
Course: FIN4053
Credit: 3
This course is designed to examine the operations of the financial markets and to increase understanding of the major types of financial institutions. The course will cover various markets (stock and money markets) and institutions(banks and pension funds) through which savings are used to fund investments.
3
Finance Electives
Course: Finance Electives
Credit:
General Education
Course: General Education
Credit:
BoK: NS
Course:
Credit: 6

Natural Sciences Students complete six hours of NS coursework.

6
BoK: FA,HP,HU,SS
Course:
Credit: 6

BoK Courses–FA/HP/HU/SS
Students complete six hours of approved coursework.

6
Free Electives
Course:
Credit: 12

Students must complete 12 hours of free electives

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