Overview

The B.S. in Business Studies with Emphasis in Banking & Finance 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 providing them with managerial skills in the money and commodities’ markets. It prepares qualified personnel and potential executives for Lebanon’s banking sector and the financial service industry.

Curriculum

A minimum 92 credits are required for graduation, distributed as follows:

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

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

Business Core Requirements (36 credits)

• ACC203 Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• ACC204 Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS213 Business Law & Ethics (3 cr.)
• ECO201 Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• ECO202 Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
• FIN301 Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
• ITM211 Information Technology Management (3 cr.)
• MGT201 Introduction to Management (3 cr.)
• MGT420 Strategic Planning & Policy Formulation (3 cr.)
• MKT201 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.)
• OPM 301 Operation & Production Management (3 cr.)
• QBA201 Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)
• BUS299 Civic Engagement (0 cr.)

Emphasis Requirements (12 credits)

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

Other Requirements (9 credits)

• ACC431 Financial Statements Analysis (3 cr.)
• FIN321 Introduction to Insurance (3 cr.)
• FIN322 Global Financial Management (3 cr.)
• FIN323 Islamic Banking & 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 & Career Development (1 cr.)
• QBA301 Intermediate Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)

LAC Requirements (34 credits)

Free Electives (7 credits)

Recommended Study Plan

Year One

Fall (15 credits)

• 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 credits)

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

Year Two

Fall (15 credits)

• FIN301 Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
• ITM211 Information Technology (3 cr.)
• FIN302 Financial Institutions & Markets (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (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.)
• LAC Core (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (1 cr.)

Year Three

Fall (15 credits)

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

Spring (15 credits)

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