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Programs Objectives

  • Provide students with the ability to prepare and interpret financial statements.
  • Prepare students to efficiently write and apply financial advances in companies’ valuation techniques and risk management.
  • Graduates will be able to state different business functions
  • identify and address financial problems and evaluate different investment opportunities
  • Educate students on the latest finance theories for further studies in graduate schools.
  • Provide the educational background for various professional finance certification examinations.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the BAT program, students will be able to

  • Develop various business concepts for solving financial problems and responding to challenges facing the / within organizations
  • Conduct financial practices
  • Demonstrate readiness for finance responsibilities like designing appropriate tools of analysis
  • Use statistical and quantitative skills.
  • Understand professional and ethical issues relevant to finance.

Program Requirements

In order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in finance, students are expected to complete a total of 134 credit hours by the end of their fourth year of studies. These are divided as follows:

  • University Requirements 36 Credits
  • College Requirements 59 Credits
  • Finance Program Requirements 39 Credits
  •  Total 134 Credits

University Requirements

Students working towards the bachelor’s degree of Finance must complete a total of 37 credit hours in University requirements. The 37 credit hours in University general educational requirements for Bachelor program are as follows:

A) University Core Requirements (34 credits)

  •  6 credits of Arabic: ARAB 101 and ARAB 201
  • 15  credits of English communication skills: ENGL 100, ENGL 101, ENGL 102, ENGL 203, and ENGL 206
  •  3 credits of Social and Cultural studies: SOCS 101
  •  3 credits of Computing: IT 100
  •  6 credits of Mathematics: MATH 100, STAT 100  
  •  1 credits of Mathematics: PHE 101  

B) University Elective Requirements (3 credits) :one 3-credit non-business elective courses

College Requirements

Students working towards the bachelor’s degree of Finance must complete a total of 50 credit hours in College requirements. The 50 credit hours in requirements for Bachelor program are as follows:
A) College Core Requirements (50 credits)

  • 3 credits in Technical Writing: ENGL 206
  • 6 credits of Accounting: ACCT 110 and ACCT 215
  • 17 credits of Business: BUSS 100, BUSS 110, BUSS 200, BUSS 210, BUSS 440, DCSN 305 and MATH 204
  • 6 credits of Economic: ECON 211, ECON 212
  • 3 credits of finance: FINA 110
  • 3 credits of Management Information System: INFO 200
  • 3 credits of Marketing: MKTG 210
  •   3 credits of Human Resource Management: HRM 120
  •  3 credits of Supply Chain Management: LSCM 220
  • 3 credits of General Management: MNGT 110
  • 3 credits of Computing: CSC 100

Finance Program Requirements

To graduate with a bachelor’s degree of Finance program, students must complete 51 credit hours in Business and Management courses which are:
A)  Program Core Requirements (42 credits)
▪  41 credit hours: FINA 215, FINA 310, FINA 311, FINA 312, FINA 316, FINA 370, FINA 390, FINA 410, FINA 427, FINA 430, FINA 450, FINA 452, FINA 491, and BUSS     451.
▪  One credit hour: A summer internship in Finance (BUSS 346) is a 1 credit course which is required for a two-month period in the third year of studies. By the end of their internships, students have to write and submit a report to their advisors who are full-time faculty members.
B)  Program Elective Requirements (9 Credits)
▪    9 hours (3 courses) to be chosen from: FINA 314, FINA 351, FINA 353, FINA 411, FINA 412, FINA 420, FINA 421, FINA 423, FINA 425, and FINA 459.