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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

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


C.T. Bauer College of Business  > Department of Finance  > Finance, B.B.A. - Commercial Banking Track and Certificate

Finance majors interested in course work related to careers in Commercial Banking may pursue a Commercial Banking Track in Finance and receive a Commercial Banking certificate of recognition by meeting the following requirements within the Finance Major. To earn the certificate, students must complete 30 credits of courses, 27 hours designated with an asterisk (*) below and MARK 3337*, which is part of the requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree with a major in Finance.

Required Finance Courses 6 hours


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


Additional Elective Hours Required


General Electives 9 hours


The 9 hours of General Electives are designated for 6 hours of any unused Component Area Option (090) courses and 3 hours of an unused Social/Behavioral Science (040) course. Remaining hours can be met by any 1000-4000 level course.

  • Any 1000-4000 level course Credit Hours: 3.0
  • Any 1000-4000 level course Credit Hours: 3.0
  • Any 1000-4000 level course Credit Hours: 3.0

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


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


Notes:


  • 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 or approved Field of Study alternative
  • 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 passing score on an Excel Competency Exam as a prerequisite for STAT 3331 and filing a degree plan, and
  • A business writing evaluation (BWE), administered through GENB 3302. Clearing the BWE 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, pass an Excel Competency Exam, and clear the business writing evaluation (BWE).

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. Courses identified by an asterisk (*) meet the Business Administration and Management Field of Study requirements. ECON 2304 and ECON 2305 may count for Core Social and Behavioral Science requirement and Field of Study (students without either ECON 2304 or ECON 2305 and substituting Intermediate ECON would be required to take a Social and Behavioral Science course in place of a General Elective Requirement.

UH Core Courses & College Requirements


12 Credit Hours

Pre-Business Courses


 21 Credit Hours

Courses require completion with a grade of “C” or higher.

Statistics 3331 - Statistical Analysis for Business Applications


3 Credit Hours

Additional UH Core Courses


24 Credit Hours

Advanced-Level Business Required Courses


21 Credit Hours

This section is required for all business majors.