Curriculum

A minimum 92 credits are required for graduation, as per the following:

• Business Core Requirements (36 cr)
• Emphasis Requirements (12 cr)
• Other Requirements (9 cr)
• LAC Requirements (34 cr)*
• Free Electives (7 cr)

* The core business courses ECO201 and ECO202 fulfill 6 of these credits, as they are also LAC Social Sciences requirements.

Business Core Requirements (36 cr)

• 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)
• OPM301 Operation and Production Management (3 cr)
• BUS299 Civic Engagement (0 cr)

Emphasis Requirements (12 cr)

• 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 (9 cr)

• ACC431 Financial Statements Analysis (3 cr)
• FIN321 Introduction to Insurance (3 cr)
• 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)
• QBA301 Intermediate Managerial Statistics (3 cr)

LAC Requirements (34 cr)

Free Electives (7 cr)

Recommended Study Plan

Year One

Fall (15 cr)

• ACC203 Financial Accounting (3 cr)
• MGT201 Introduction to Management (3 cr)
• ECO201 Microeconomics (3 cr)
• LAC Core (3 cr)
• LAC Elective (3 cr)

Spring (16 cr)

• 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 cr)

• FIN301 Managerial Finance (3 cr)
• ITM211 Information Technology (3 cr)
• FIN302 Financial Institutions and Markets (3 cr)
• LAC Core (3 cr)
• LAC Elective (3 cr)

Spring (16 cr)

• BUS213 Business Law & Ethics (3 cr)
• QBA201 Managerial Statistics (3 cr)
• FIN311 Banking Operations (3 cr)
• Free Elective (1 cr)
• LAC Elective (3 cr)
• LAC Core (3 cr)

Year Three

Fall (15 cr)

• FIN411 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management (3 cr)
• Emphasis Elective I (3 cr)
• OPM301 Operation and Production Management (3 cr)
• LAC Elective (3 cr)
• Emphasis Elective II (3 cr)

Spring (15 cr)

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

Career Opportunities

Students develop broad conceptual knowledge and technical expertise in banking and finance to 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. The knowledge and skills they acquire helps them 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.