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Jun 10, 2023
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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Finance, B.B.A.
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 Return to: LMU College of Business Administration
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Note
If a student enrolls in BCOR 3410 while not registered as a finance major and then switches into the finance major, then they must complete FNCE 3400 and they can use BCOR 3410 as one of their two required finance electives. Finance majors may not enroll in BCOR 3410.
Objectives
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree–Finance (FNCE) major provides students with the necessary skills to succeed in their first finance job upon graduation from LMU. Students will develop applied financial modeling skills based in theory, contracts, and the current tools essential to corporate finance, banking, and investments.
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes for Finance majors are as follows:
LMU Finance graduates:
- Apply the principles and techniques of time value of money to value an investment
- Explain the impact of a firm’s capital structure on its risk and firm value
- Construct rigorous financial models for decision making
- Translate contracts, laws, annual reports, and other legal documents into financial models
- Make sound investment decisions
- Calculate and interpret investment performance measurements.
Lower Division Requirements:
Upper Division Requirements:
Notes:
Students are required to enroll in FNCE 1401 by the fall of the sophomore year if possible. Transfer students should enroll in FNCE 1401 as soon as possible. The course meets four times for two hours per meeting over the course of the semester, and students will receive Credit/No Credit upon completion of the course. A student must earn credit for FNCE 1401 in order to graduate. FNCE 1401 is a zero-semester-hour, zero-cost course.
All upper division finance courses must be taken in residence at LMU. A cumulative GPA of C (2.0) must be achieved in the major requirements (all business, economics, and math courses).
For purposes of meeting the requirements for the B.B.A., Finance major, a minimum grade of a C must be earned in each of FNCE 3400 , FNCE 3415 , and FNCE 3420 . If a student is unable to attain a C in each of FNCE 3400 , FNCE 3415 , and FNCE 3420 after two attempts, that student will not be allowed to continue in the Finance major.
Core, Major, and Elective Finance Courses:
Model 4-Year Plan–Bachelor of Business Administration–Finance Major Curriculum
The following curriculum represents the order or sequence in which it is expected that students will take the various courses required for the B.B.A. (Finance major) degree.
Total: 16-17 semester hours
Total: 18-19 semester hours
Total: 16-18 semester hours
Total: 15-16 semester hours
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