Finance
Studying Finance
Finance is the management of money at the personal, corporate, and public levels. Students explore the way investment firms, banks, and other financial institutions work. They learn how financial markets operate and how to make effective investment and financial decisions.
Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the program will be able to:
- Understand financial markets, investment strategies, risk management, and corporate finance.
- Make smart investment decisions and optimize capital structure.
- Develop analytical skills to assess the financial health of organizations.
- Apply financial theories to practical scenarios.
- Develop valuable job skills like problem-solving and communication.
Careers Opportunities
Graduates work as financial planners, financial analysts, commercial bankers, investment managers, and more. With experience and professional certifications, like CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) or CFP (Certified Financial Planner), they can advance to senior positions, such as financial directors, chief financial officers (CFO), or investment managers.
Do Finance
Credits
To Graduate
General Studies 26 Credits
English Language ENG (200,201,208) 9crs & 1 course BUS 210 3crs = 12crs
(BUS 201 or ENT 301 3crs & HUM 318 3crs & (HUM 212 or BUS 215 or HUM 215) 1cr = 7crs
(ART 205 or ART 206 or HUM 210 or SOC 201 or COM 208 or HUM 211 or PSY 201 or POL 202 OR HIS 200) 3crs = 3crs
(HLT 210 or NLT 201 or CSC 201) = 3crs
PED (201 or 203 or 209) 1cr = 1cr
Major Core Requirements 40 Credits
Introduction to the basic principles, concepts, and techniques of financial accounting, explanation of the basic techniques of measuring, classifying, summarizing, reporting, and interpreting financial information. Prereq.: ENG020
A continuation of ACC210 Principles of Accounting I. This course will include more advanced procedures of accounting for partnerships, corporations, long-term debts and marketable securities. Prereq.: ACC210
This course covers principles of the law of contracts; agency relationships, commercial paper and sales are discussed and analyzed through the use of the Code of Contracts and Obligations and the Code of Commerce, cases and problems. Emphasis is upon the law and business relationships.
This course presents the quantitative techniques commonly used in the decision making process. Topics include concepts of decision analysis, linear programming, sensitivity analysis, forecasting and time-series analysis, inventory concepts, linear regression and correlation. This course enables students to understand problem definition, structured approach to data analysis, skills in model development, solutions, testing, and validation. Prereq.: MAT221
Internship is intended to enhance students’ learning experience by permitting them to work in off-campus business environments. All students are required to file a written-report for their instructor, in addition to in-class discussions, of their on-site working experiences.
This course introduces students to the key concepts of microeconomics. Students learn the behavior of the different economic agents and the role of the government in microeconomics. Topics include supply and demand, elasticity, markets equilibrium, price control, competitive markets and monopoly. Prereq.: ENG200
This course introduces students to the main economic variables and indicators that are used to evaluate the performance of an economy as a whole. Students learn how the economic agents interact together to shape an economy as well as how the different economies interact in the global market. Topics include the aggregate output, unemployment, general price level and interest rates determination and fluctuations, international trade and debt. Emphasis is also made on the role of the government to influence the economy using Fiscal and Monetary policies. Prereq.: ENG201
Equations of straight lines; Matrices: matrix operations, matrix inversion; Cramer’s rule; Quadratic functions; Exponential and logarithmic functions; Demand and supply functions; Revenue; Cost; Profit; Compound interest; Derivatives; Marginal functions; Integration of functions of one variable. Prereq.: MAT100 or placement, Coreq.: ENG020
This course studies the functions and capabilities of general management of a firm. Elements of the course are the various levels of management, the relationships between departments, and why managers are needed in a business organization. Coreq.: ENG200
The course outlines the role, functions and activities related to a human resources department. The students will learn about the evolution in human resources management as we know it today. Therefore, emphasis is placed on the new “corporate view” of the function such as, among other things, fair and equitable compensation and benefit programs, problem solving, training and personal development, staffing strategies, counseling, rules and regulation and legal issues. Prereq: MGT201
This course helps to get an understanding of how information systems are used in business setting. The topics covered will include the fundamental of information systems, strategic use of information systems, decision support and expert system. This course will describe also information systems planning, design and implementation. Prereq.: MGT201
This course introduces students to the marketing world, its importance, various functions and activities and the impact it has on the business environment. Students will be acquainted with the creation of value for consumers, the marketing mix concept and its application, the segmentation, targeting and positioning and the key elements of a marketing strategy. Prereq.: ENG200
Covers basic statistical techniques emphasizing business and economic applications. Topics covered include graphical and numerical data summary techniques, elementary probability theory, probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, and simple regression. Prereq.: MAT100, MAT010, or placement
The course will cover the basic aspects of food safety with primary emphasis on food handling and quality control. The types of food borne illnesses and how they are transmitted, the personal hygiene, the seven HACCP principles will be topics stressed in the course. The course will also include an overview of pest control and security measures. Prereq.: ENG201
Specialization Course Requirements 26 Credits
This course analyzes and discusses the financial decisions of national and multinational corporations, based on case studies and reading. Topics include assessment of the financial health of the organization, short and long-term financial management, project and company valuation, cost of capital, risk analysis, investment decisions, and capital markets. Prereq.: ACC215
A study of the functions and operations of financial institutions. This course covers analysis of existing financial systems, money and capital markets, bank and non-bank financial intermediaries, term structure of interest rates, central banking and monetary policy, current and emerging trends in financial markets and securities markets, including the stock and bond exchanges. Coreq.: FIN221
This course is an analysis of the principles of investment. It focuses on the portfolio analysis, securities and risk valuation, capital asset pricing models, arbitrage, bond yields and returns, stock valuation, options, future contracts and investment. Prereq.: FIN221
Students taking this course should expect to learn the nature and purposes of financial management in an international setting. The course assumes that students have working knowledge in balance of payments, monetary systems, foreign exchange rate markets, foreign exchange rate behavior and determinants, and the relationship between price, exchange rate and interest rates. Prereq: FIN221
The Finance Laboratory enables students to bridge the gap between theory in the classroom and training on software used in the industry. In this lab, you will use industry standard databases such as: Meta Trader 5; Rotman trading cases and Rotman Portfolio manager; Wall Street Survivor. Prereq: FIN310
The objective of this course is to help the students understanding the problems and issues facing the banking industry and to provide them with management tools to deal with these problems and issues. Primary emphasis is on investment, financial structure, and the bank’s role in determining financial variables and resource allocation. Prereq.: FIN310
This course is aimed at upper-level undergraduate Banking and Finance students. It focuses on managing risk in the context of Basle II Accord. Emphasis is placed upon identification, measuring and managing risk at Financial Institutions. An overview of Basle II Accord is presented, along with capital requirements calculation, taking into consideration market, credit and operational risk. Basic quantitative analysis plus some legal and accounting issues are also considered. Prereq: FIN310
This course introduces students to futures, options, forwards and swaps markets and outlines the different ways in which they can be used. Students will be familiarized with the mechanics of how futures and options contracts works; and how futures and options can be used for hedging. Prereq: FIN310
Other Requirements 9 Credits
200 Level or Above
3 Credits