Bloomsburg University Academic Programs

Business Administration with concentration in Finance (B.S.B.A.)

Administered by Department of Finance, College of Business

Effective Fall 2021

As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
In addition to 63 semester hours of general education requirements, the program in finance requires 24 hours of core business courses, 24 hours of courses specific to the major, plus 9 hours of business electives to meet the university requirement for a bachelor of science in business administration degree.

Among general education courses specifically required are:
BUSED.101 Intro to Business
BUSED.333 Business Communications & Report Writing
COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking
ECONOMIC.121 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECONOMIC.122 Principles of Microeconomics
ECONOMIC.256 Business and Economics Statistics or MATH.141 Intro Statistics
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing

Choose one of the following three courses:
ECONOMIC.156 Business and Economics Math
MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus
MATH.125 Calculus I

Business Core:

ACCT.220 Financial Accounting
ACCT.223 Managerial Accounting
FINANCE.313 Introduction to Corporate Finance
ITA.175 Spreadsheet Modeling and Data Analysis Applications
LAW.331 Law and Legal Environment
MGMT.244 Principles of Management
MGMT.481 Business Polices and Strategies
MKTG.310 Marketing Principles and Practice

Finance Specialization

FINANCE.323 Financial Markets and Institutions
FINANCE.343 Investment Management
FINANCE.401 Personal Financial Planning
FINANCE.413 International Finance
FINANCE.454 Advanced Corporate Finance
Plus four upper-level finance elective

Electives – (9 credits) Electives in Business: Any 300 or 400 level course offered within Zeigler College of Business other than the core courses, can be a business elective for business majors in any department. BUSED.101 Introduction to Business has been approved as a general education Goal 6 (3 points) and BUSED.333 Business Communication has been approved as a general education Goal 1 (2 points) and Goal 2 (1 point). These courses are NOT used as business elective.