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Banking and Finance Degree

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Learn banking and finance at North Dakota's largest business school.

Gain the economics background to understand how even small changes in policy or outlook can affect the world's financial climate, and the business background to understand how financial institutions can navigate those changes. The result: You'll be prepared to make an immediate impact at financial institutions and regulatory agencies.

Program type:
Major
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
4 years
Credit hours:
120
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Why earn a banking degree?

Application Deadlines
Fall:
Aug. 15
Spring:
Dec. 15
Summer:
May 1

 

If you're an international student, refer to the international application process for deadlines.

UND's Banking & Financial Economics program is part of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration (CoBPA), the largest business school in North Dakota. You'll study:

  • Basic business
  • Economic theory
  • Principles and practices of banks and other financial institutions
  • Bank regulation
  • Macroeconomic policy
  • International finance

Graduate with the ability to analyze risk, write about and understand financial markets and institutions and understand how outside influences can affect financial institution management.

Accredited Banking and Finance Degree

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This program is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Accreditation by AACSB International puts the Nistler CoBPA in the top 5% of business schools in the world.

Banking and Finance Major at UND

  • Network with students and others in your industry at one of 25 professional clubs on campus.

  • Sharpen your trading skills at the campus' Lanterman Investment Center, where you'll learn to balance risk and reward with access to nearly 140 different worldwide exchanges.

  • Gain real-world experience at an internship. Out students have worked for organization such as Microsoft, FDIC and the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions.

  • Receive personalized career support through the Pancratz Career Development Center. The Center is dedicated exclusively to career development for online and on-campus business and public administration students.

  • Learn in the new Nistler CoBPA. It’s a modern and inviting building for UND's business and public administration students.

  • Let our team of academic advisors help you plan your major. You'll also have access to personalized Degree Map software to keep you on track to graduate in four years.

What can I do with a banking and finance degree?

95K

Median annual salary for financial analysts

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

6%

Expected growth in demand for economists by 2031

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

UND's Banking & Financial Economics program gives you the skills to prepare for work in regulatory agencies and financial institutions.

Banking and Financial Economics majors can thrive in many business-related field and apply for various entry-level positions including, but not limited to:

  • Budget analyst
  • Financial Examiner
  • Bank examiner
  • Banker
  • Credit analyst
  • Economist
  • Financial/economic analyst
  • Loan officer

A Banking & Financial Economics degree gives you the strategic skills you need, including:

  • Accounting
  • Business analysis
  • Economics
  • Financial analysis and statements
  • Risk assessment and management

Where do our banking degree graduates work?

UND alumni have gone on to a variety of successful careers with:

  • Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  • Cargill, Inc.
  • Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
  • JP Morgan Chase Company
  • Wells Fargo & Company

Banking and Finance Degree Courses

ECON 405. Bank Regulation. 3 Credits.

The regulations imposed upon the banking industry are examined at several levels: state, federal, and global. Both the historical development of banking regulation as well as current issues/controversies are discussed. In addition, the banker's perspective of regulatory compliance is explored. Prerequisite: ECON 303. S.

ECON 438. International Money and Finance. 3 Credits.

This course aims to help students understand international finance. The course introduces to the students the foreign exchange market, theory of exchange rate in the short run and in the long run, determinants of capital flows, current account balances, two regimes of exchange rates, exchange rate crises, and Euro. Prerequisite: ECON 309. F.

MRKT 305. Marketing Foundations. 3 Credits.

An overview of the scope and nature of market exchange and the buyer's pivotal role. Prerequisite: ECON 201, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Standing, a minimum total of 45 credit hours, and declared COPBA majors only. Corequisite: ACCT 201 and ECON 210. F,S,SS.

MGMT 300. Principles of Management. 3 Credits.

This course provides a survey of the traditional functions of management with primary emphasis on planning, organizing, controlling, and leading. This emphasis involves coverage of managerial decision making, leadership, motivation, interpersonal communication, staffing human resources, and organizational structure, design, and change and development. Additional topics include the history of managerial thought, management information systems, international management, and business ethics and social responsibility. Corequisite: A total of 30 or more credit hours, including courses in progress. F,S.

FIN 321. Real Estate Finance and Investment. 3 Credits.

Nature of real estate finance, financial sources, role of government, real estate financial instruments, loan processing, defaults and foreclosures in real estate finance, fundamentals of real estate investment analysis. Prerequisite: FIN 310 and Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing. F.

ECON 303. Money and Banking. 3 Credits.

Nature of our current Monetary system; functional analysis of commercial bank operations; limits to credit expansion; alternative theories of the value of money; monetary and fiscal policies for control of the business cycle; powers of the Federal Reserve System and the Treasury; mechanics of international payment; balance-of-payments and other problems. Prerequisite: ECON 201 and ECON 202. F,S,SS.

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