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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 BFINA 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.
The Bachelor of Finance program at FBSU strives to achieve success by ensuring that graduates:
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State various theories, concepts, and principles in finance. |
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Recognize and explain various elements of financing, investing, and financial reporting practices. |
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Describe advances in modern financial knowledge, practices, and behavior within organizations. |
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Show awareness of contemporary local and global financial markets issues and related challenges faced by organizations. |
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Outline finance research and inquiry methodologies focusing on ethical and social responsibility-related issues |
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Skills |
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Apply appropriate financial concepts and tools of analysis to identify and address financial and economic problems or investment opportunities. |
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Employ various financial theories, tools, and concepts for solving complex financial problems organizations face. |
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Use critical thinking in the valuation and risk management of businesses/projects and develop creative solutions to current financial issues and problems. |
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Use relevant mathematical operations and quantitative methods to research/investigate and solve complex financial and business problems using various specialized digital technologies and applications for data processing and analysis. |
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Present financial and economic data effectively to convey crucial points to business and non-specialist audiences. |
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Exhibit commitment to professional values, ethical codes of conduct, and being a responsible citizen and coexisting with others. |
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Demonstrate autonomous behaviors in managing tasks and activities related to finance. |
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Collaborate responsibly and constructively in teamwork and show leadership abilities in planning and evaluating joint work. |
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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 37 Credits
- College Requirements 50 Credits
- Finance Program Requirements 51 Credits
- Total 138 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.
