Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance (Optional Co-op)

Program Description

B.B.A. Finance Concentration

The curriculum is designed to provide students with broad exposure to all dimensions of finance. Students will learn professional skills and acquire technical and analytical competence to pursue challenging careers in corporate finance, portfolio management, and securities research. In addition to a thorough understanding of the principles of financial management, students will be exposed to both theoretical and practical aspects of investment management, capital budgeting, capital formation, and risk hedging. Opportunities to explore current topics and apply practical solutions to current theory are also provided. When following a prescribed sequence of courses, students are qualified to write the first level C.F.A. (Chartered Financial Analyst) exam immediately upon graduation. Students can also compete in their last two years of studies for managerial positions within the SEED Portfolio.

42 core credits + 21 required credits + 21 optional credits (maximum of 6 cognate credits) + 36 elective credits = 120 credits

Core – 42 credits

• BAC121 Introduction to Financial Accounting I
• BAC221 Introduction to Management Accounting
• BCS220 Management of Information Systems
• BFN200 Introduction to Finance
• BHR221 Organizational Behaviour
• BMA140 Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions I
• BMG100 Understanding Business & Society
• BMG215 Introduction to International Business
• BMG221 Business Law and Ethics
• BMG311 Business Policy and Strategic Management
• BMK211 Marketing Management
• BMS231 Operations Management
• ECO102 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
• ECO103 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
• ILT100 Information Literacy and Critical Thinking (lab) *

* Mandatory 1-credit lab course for all B.B.A. students. This lab course cannot be used as a lecture course credit.

Required

• MAT196 Finite Mathematics for Business Students
• MAT197 Calculus for Business Students
• BMA141 Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions II
• BAC122 Introduction to Financial Accounting II
• BFN203 Corporate Finance
• BFN210 Capital Markets
• BFN352 Investment analysis

Optional – 21 credits

• BFN301 Capital Budgeting
• BFN306 Behavioral Finance
• BFN315 Derivatives
• BFN335 Topics in Finance I
• BFN336 Topics in Finance II
• BFN341 Corporate Governance & Sustainability
• BFN353 Financial Institutions Management
• BFN356 SEED Portfolio
• BFN361 International Finance
• BMS303 Forecasting Techniques
• EMA261 Econometrics I
• EMA361 Econometrics II
• ECO322 Real Estate Economics
• POL346 Politics of Global Finance