Business Administration - Banking and Finance (AAS) A25120B
The Business Administration curriculum with emphasis in Banking and Finance prepares graduates for a career with various financial institutions and other businesses.
Course work includes principles of banking, money and banking, lending fundamentals, banking and business law, and practices in the areas of marketing, management, accounting, and economics.
Graduates should qualify for a variety of entry-level jobs in banking and finance. Also available are employment opportunities with insurance, brokerage and mortgage companies, and governmental lending agencies.
Course and Hour Requirements
Major Courses
Select 15 hours from the following:
Total Major Hours: 49
General Education Courses
| ACA 115 | Success and Study Skills |
0
|
2
| 1 |
Communications:
Humanities/Fine Arts:
Select One
Social/Behavioral Science:
| ECO 252 | Prin of Macroeconomics |
3
|
0
| 3 |
Mathematics:
Select One
Total General Education Hours: 16-17
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION: 65-66
AIB (American Institute of Banking) and BAF (Banking and Finance) courses offer equivalent content although AIB courses also provide dual enrollment credit toward an AIB Diploma whereas BAF courses do not; it is the intent of the college to offer the courses with the AIB prefix whenever possible for this reason.
Suggested Sequence of Courses
FIRST YEAR
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
| AIB/BAF 141 | Law and Banking: Principles |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| ECO 251 | Prin of Microeconomics |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Major Courses Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: |
15
|
0
| 15 |
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective, Major Courses Elective: See: "Course and Hour Requirements"
Summer Term
| MAT 143 | Quantitative Literacy |
2
|
2
| 3 |
| | or | | | |
| MAT 152 | Statistical Methods I |
3
|
2
| 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: |
2-3
|
2
| 3-4 |
SECOND YEAR
Fall Semester
| ACC 120 | Prin of Financial Acct |
3
|
2
| 4 |
| AIB/BAF 222 | Money and Banking |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| ECO 252 | Prin of Macroeconomics |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Major Courses Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: |
15
|
2
| 16 |
Major Courses Elective: See: "Course and Hour Requirements"
Spring Semester
| BUS 137 | Principles of Management |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| MKT 120 | Principles of Marketing |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Major Courses Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Major Courses Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| | Major Courses Elective |
3
|
0
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: |
15
|
0
| 15 |
Major Courses Electives: See: "Course and Hour Requirements"
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION: 65-66