Admission Requirements

To enter the major, students must meet the general university requirements.

Graduation Requirements

A minimum 92 credits are needed for graduation. The courses provide students with the skills and knowledge in banking and finance. This area of emphasis prepares students for the management of private and public institutions’ financial structures. It helps them develop skills in the field of financial analysis, as well as managerial skills in the money and commodities’ markets. It prepares qualified personnel and a potential executive for Lebanon’s banking sector and the financial service industry.

Business Core Requirements (33 credits):

• ACC203 / Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• ACC204 / Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) 
• ECO201 / Microeconomics (3 cr.) 
• ECO202 / Macroeconomics (3 cr.) 
• BUS213 / Business Law and Ethics (3 cr.) 
• QBA201 / Managerial Statistics (3 cr.) 
• FIN301 / Managerial Finance (3 cr.) 
• MGT201 / Introduction to Management (3 cr.) 
• ITM211 / Information Technology Management (3 cr.)
• MKT201 / Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.)
• MGT420 / Strategic Planning and Policy Formulation (3 cr.) 
• BUS299 / Civic Engagement (0 cr.) 

Emphasis Requirements (12 credits):

• FIN302 / Financial Institutions and Markets (3 cr.)
• FIN311 / Banking Operations (3 cr.)
• FIN411 / Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 cr.)
• FIN413 / Corporate Finance (3 cr.)

Other Requirements—Choose any nine credits of the following courses (9 credits):

• ACC431 / Financial Statements Analysis (3 cr.)
• FIN321 / Introduction to Insurance/3
• FIN322 / Global Financial Management (3 cr.)
• FIN323 / Islamic Banking and Finance (3 cr.)
• FIN399 / Internship/ Practicum (1 cr.)
• FIN401 / Senior Seminar in Finance (3 cr.)
• FIN421 / Financial Derivatives (3 cr.)
• MGT236 / Communication Skills (1 cr.)
• MGT336 / Developing a Business Plan (1 cr.)
• MGT436 / Personality and Career Development (1 cr.)
• OPM301 / Operation and Production Management (3 cr.)
• QBA301 / Intermediate Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)

Free Electives (10 credits)

Sample Study Plan

Year One

Fall (15 credits)

• ACC 203 / Financial Accounting (3 cr.)    
• MGT201 / Introduction to Management (3 cr.)
• ECO201 / Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• LAC Core Requirement (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)      

Spring (16 credits)

• ACC204 / Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) 
• MKT201 / Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.)
• ECO202 / Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
• BUS299 / Civic Engagement (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (3 cr.)

Year Two

Fall (15 credits)

• FIN301 / Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
• ITM211 / Information Technology (3 cr.)
• MGT201 / Introduction to Management (3 cr.)
• FIN302 / Financial Institutions and Markets (3 cr.)
• LAC Core Requirement (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (16 credits)

• BUS213 / Business Law & Ethics (3 cr.)
• QBA201 / Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)
• FIN311 / Banking Operations (3 cr.)    
• Free Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core Requirement (3 cr.)

Year Three

Fall 3 (15 credits)

• FIN411 / Security Analysis & Portfolio Management (3 cr.)
• Emphasis Elective I (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (3 cr.)    
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)    
• Emphasis Elective II (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

• MGT420 / Strategic Planning and Policy Formation (3 cr.)
• FIN413 / Corporate Finance (3 cr.)    
• Emphasis Elective III (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core Requirement (9 cr.)

Note:

• LAC Core Requirement is 13 credits
• LAC Electives are 21 credits

Career Opportunities

Our students develop broad conceptual knowledge and technical expertise that enable them to occupy jobs in leading organizations worldwide. The finance program prepares students for careers in the stock market, portfolio management, securities research, commercial and investment banking, financial institutions, corporations and governments.