Finance

Campus Location: Online

Program Entry: Enrollment may occur during any term. Fall term is the start of the program course sequence.

Award: Associate of Applied Science degree

Description: The Finance program provides a course of study which readily transfers to most four-year colleges and universities. College courses permit completion of the equivalent of the first two years of a bachelor’s degree in many four-year colleges. The general education courses completed for the program are useful whether you continue your formal education at a four-year college or enter the workforce. The program is a useful beginning if you plan to get a professional degree in finance, banking, securities or other related disciplines.

If you plan to transfer to a four-year college, select courses to satisfy requirements of the specific institution to which you intend to transfer. Consult your advisor at that specific institution any time you have questions about course selection.

Program Learning Outcomes:

• Our students will be able to utilize a variety of financial tools available to them while analyzing financial markets.
• Our students will demonstrate practical application of excel spreadsheets and other data tools to effectively analyze banking conditions.
• Our students will demonstrate a strategic understanding of Finance.
• Our students will demonstrate a basic working knowledge of vehicles and strategies which relate to investments in the stock and bond markets.
• Our students will demonstrate a basic working knowledge accounting.
• Our students will demonstrate a working knowledge of cost accounting principles within a business situation.
• Our students will demonstrate a basic working knowledge of banking principles.

Minimum Credits: 62