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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:

Knowledge and Understanding

K1

State various theories, concepts, and principles in finance.

K2

Recognize and explain various elements of financing, investing, and financial reporting practices.

K3

Describe advances in modern financial knowledge, practices, and behavior within organizations.

K4

Show awareness of contemporary local and global financial markets issues and related challenges faced by organizations.

K5

Outline finance research and inquiry methodologies focusing on ethical and social responsibility-related issues

Skills

S1

Apply appropriate financial concepts and tools of analysis to identify and address financial and economic problems or investment opportunities.

S2

Employ various financial theories, tools, and concepts for solving complex financial problems organizations face.

S3

Use critical thinking in the valuation and risk management of businesses/projects and develop creative solutions to current financial issues and problems.

S4

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.

S5

Present financial and economic data effectively to convey crucial points to business and non-specialist audiences.

Values

V1

Exhibit commitment to professional values, ethical codes of conduct, and being a responsible citizen and coexisting with others.

V2

Demonstrate autonomous behaviors in managing tasks and activities related to finance.

V3

Collaborate responsibly and constructively in teamwork and show leadership abilities in planning and evaluating joint work.

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.