Finance (BBS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bBS) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature I | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one: MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 3-4 |
Choose one 3-4 hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 40-42 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 12 |
BUAD 1301 - The World of Business ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics MATH 2301 - Introduction to Statistics | |
Business Core | 16 |
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting BUAD 1111 - Excel Certification BUAD 4009 - Assessment for Graduation FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L) MANA 4389 - Global Strategy and Operations MRKT 3301 -Principles of Marketing | |
Major Core | 24 |
ACCT 3303 - Accounting for Decision-Makers FINA 3302 - Securities Analysis FINA 4301 - Portfolio Management FINA 4302 - Advanced Topics in Corporate Financial Management FINA - UL FINA - UL UL Elective UL Elective | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level Lower or Upper-Level | 0 26-28 |
For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level.* | |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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