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Finance Degree

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

Learn professional money management with real money. Make decisions that count at UND.

UND's finance degree provides you with the theoretical knowledge you'll need to become a professional money manager. Gain real-world experience by working on a team that manages our $1 million Student Management Investment Fund and compete in national competitions. Scholarships are available for travel, participation and CFA exam costs.

Program type:
Major
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
4 years
Credit hours:
120

Why earn a business finance degree?

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

Finance professionals combine strong decision-making skills with in-depth financial knowledge. Both traits that UND's Finance degree will foster in you. Your technical finance classes will teach you how to weigh risk, analyze opportunities and apply those skills in real-world environments. You'll also build written and oral communication skills that will help you relate to clients and deliver on their needs.

You will build relationships while enhancing your professional capabilities, gaining confidence and resolving problems both independently and in teams. With an innovative and strategic mindset, you'll be able to use your intellectual curiosity along with analytical and problem solving skills with confidence. You'll learn to use technology and programs such as Excel, SAS, analytical database and financial analysis software with ease.

Accredited Finance Degree

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The B.B.A. with major in Finance 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.

UND's Finance Degree

  • Gain invaluable real-world experience managing UND's $1 million Student Management Investment Fund.

  • Network and meet other influencers when you participate in any of our 25 student-run professional clubs and organizations.

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

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

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

  • Gain international business experience in our student exchange programs. We have Study Abroad opportunities in China, Europe and Australia.

What can you do with a finance degree?

76K

Median salary for business and financial occupations

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

81 K

Median salary of personal financial analysts

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

UND's Finance degree puts you in position to take a job as a professional in a wide range of business and financial occupations. Some of the careers you can choose from include:

  • Business Analyst
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Director of Finance
  • Financial Analyst
  • Finance Manager
  • Investment Analyst
  • Trust Fund Manager

Business Finance Degree Skills

A Finance degree gives you the strategic skills you need, including:

  • Accounting and Budgeting
  • Credit Analyst
  • Financial Planner
  • Investment Banking
  • Financial Statement Preparation
  • Portfolio Management
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Trader

Jobs with Finance Degree

UND finance graduates have gone on to a variety of successful careers with corporation such as:

  • Alerus Financial
  • Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  • Deloitte
  • FDIC
  • Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
  • HSBC
  • Norges Bank
  • State Bank of North Dakota
  • Wells Fargo & Company

Finance Degree Courses

FIN 370. Student Investment Fund I. 1 Credit.

This is an introductory course to the Student Managed Investment Fund. It examines the issues involved in the management and investment strategies of a portfolio of financial assets. Students are required to attend Student Investment Fund meetings. Student members research prospective stocks, generate reports, make decisions to invest or liquidate, and execute the trades. Any recommendation to buy, sell, or retain a position in a security is presented to all student team members and to the Faculty Advisor. Repeatable up to a maximum of 3 credits. Prerequisite: Investments major or approval of instructor. Repeatable to 3.00 credits. F,S.

FIN 360. Capital Market Financing and Investment Strategies. 3 Credits.

Covers analysis and procedures for implementing particular financing and investment plans in financial markets. Includes financing and investment through commercial banks, investment banks, pension funds, venture capital sources, insurance companies and limited partnerships. Prerequisites: FIN 310; Sophomore, Junior or Senior Standing; declared CoBPA majors only. F,S.

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. Prerequisites or corequisites: A total of 30 or more credit hours, including courses in progress. F,S.

FIN 475. Cases in Managerial Finance. 3 Credits.

Introduces students to construction and utilization of financial management decision models using case study examples. Topics evaluated include working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, valuation, risk-return, and special topics of financial management. Students are required to develop original simulation models, prepare formal case reports, and orally and visually present their results. Prerequisites: FIN 340 and FIN 360; Junior or Senior Standing; declared CoBPA majors only. S.

SPRT 320. Sport Financial Management. 3 Credits.

Application of financial theories to the sport industry. Addresses how sport entities such as professional sport franchises, professional sport leagues, university athletic departments and government-funded programs operate from a financial standpoint. F.

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. Prerequisites: FIN 310 and Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing. F.

Leaders in Finance

The Dakota Venture Group is the first student-run venture capital fund in the U.S.

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