Finance, B.B.A. - Commercial Banking Track and Certificate

Required Finance Courses 6 hours

• FINA 4320 - Investment Management Credit Hours: 3.0
• FINA 4330 - Corporate Finance Credit Hours: 3.0 *

Finance Advanced Electives 12 hours (for the certificate, must be the following)

• FINA 4340 - Financial Systems Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• FINA 4341 - Commercial Bank Management Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• FINA 4380 - Real Estate Financial Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• FINA 4343 - Credit Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0 *

Additional Elective Hours Required

Advanced Business Electives 6 hours (for the certificate, must be the following)

• FINA 4342 - Financial Evaluation of Corporate Reports Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• ACCT 3366 - Financial Reporting Frameworks Credit Hours: 3.0 *

Advanced Electives 6 hours (for the certificate, must be the following)

• ACCT 3367 - Intermediate Accounting I Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• ACCT 3368 - Intermediate Accounting II Credit Hours: 3.0 *

General Electives 6 hours

• MARK 3337 - Professional Selling Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• Any 1000-4000 level course Credit Hours: 3.0

Notes:

• MARK 3337  may double count as the Business Speech requirement, allowing students to count another General Elective of their choice.  If another approved course is taken for the Business Speech requirement (includes the transfer courses SPCH 1321 or SPCH 1315, or COMM 3356  at UH), then MARK 3337  could be counted as 3 or the 6 hours of required General Electives. 
• All attempted finance courses are used in the calculation of the Finance Major grade point average.
• Students completing the Commercial Banking Certificate must satisfy all the requirements of the Finance, B.B.A.  major.

General B.B.A. Requirements

 In order to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree, students must complete credit hour requirements:

• UH Core Courses & College Requirements,
• Pre-Business courses,
• STAT 3331 Statistical Analysis for Business Applications
• Additional UH Core Courses
• Advanced-Level Business Requirements (required for all business majors),
• Additional Elective Requirements
• Major Coursework Requirements

along with noncredit requirements:

• Assenting to the Bauer Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, and
• A business writing evaluation (BWE), administered through GENB 3302 (formerly GENB 2301); student who score below a minimum of 2 on the BWE are required to complete and clear a business writing tutorial (BWT) administered through the UH Writing Center. Clearing the BWE or BWT is required to file a degree plan.

Credit Hour Requirements

Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree must complete freshman-sophomore core and pre-business requirements, upper-level business core and required courses, major requirements, satisfy the business writing evaluation (BWE), or students with scores below 2 on the BWE, clear the alternative business writing tutorial (BWT).

The total hours required for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree are summarized below. Students in the Bauer Business Honors Program have additional requirements as specified under the description of the Bauer Business Honors Program.

Students pursuing the Global Energy Management Professional Program (GEM-PP) track in Finance have specialized degree requirements listed under the GEM-PP track for a major in finance. Other specialty programs, such as the Professional Program in Accounting, the Entrepreneurship Program, and the Program for Excellence in Selling, may have additional admission and program requirements as specified by the program.

B.B.A. requirements also listed as approved UH core courses may fulfill both requirements, but students must have a minimum of 120 credit hours to earn the B.B.A.

Specific course requirements in each category are discussed in the following sections: