Program Type: Career Program
Program Total: 60 Credits
Program Description
The Financial Management, A.A.S. provides graduates with an understanding of financial theories, financial markets and institutions, and economic policies. Students also analyze how these concepts and theories impact decision making in the global economy, with an emphasis on ethics in financial practices. Additionally, students learn about various financial institutions, investment options, and technological innovations in the field. Students develop and refine data analysis skills as well as skills to effectively communicate financial data, market trends, and viable proposals. This degree prepares students for junior level jobs in financial planning, financial analysis, commercial banking, real estate, insurance, and investment banking.
Graduates of the Financial Management, A.A. S. will be able to:
- Effectively communicate financial information to stakeholders.
- Apply the concept and mechanics of time value of money.
- Apply financial management theories and practices in the allocation of financial resources.
- Explain the functions of financial markets and institutions and their roles in businesses. Explain how ethical decision-making and the globalization process affect organizations’ financial decisions. Make financial decisions based on market trend analysis.
- Explain the significance of art within historical, cultural, social, and economic contexts.
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Required Courses
- PAS-1000 First Year Experience - Credits: 1 (Institutional Requirement)
- ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- ACC-1001 Principles of Accounting I - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- FMT-1100 Personal Finance - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing - Credits: 3 (English General Education Requirement)
- MAT-1250 Applied College Algebra - Credits: 3 (Mathematics General Education Requirement)
- ECN-1050 Principles of Microeconomics - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- ACC-1002 Principles of Accounting II - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- FMT-1200 Foundations of Fintech - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology - Credits: 3 (Computer Literacy Institutional Requirement)
- PSY-1010 General Psychology - Credits: 3 (Social Science General Education Elective) or
- SOC-1010 Introduction to Sociology - Credits: 3 (Social Science General Education Elective) or
- POS-1020 State and Local Government - Credits: 3 (Social Science General Education Elective)
- ACC-2250 Business Finance - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- ECN-2010 Statistics for Business and Economics - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing for Business - Credits: 3 (English General Education Requirement)
- PHL-1330 Ethics - Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective) or
- PHL-1090 Introduction to Logic - Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective) or
- COM-1010 Foundations of Communication - Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective)
- ECN-2020 Money, Banking, and Finance - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- FMT-2100 Introduction to Investments - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- FMT-2200 International Finance - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- FMT-2300 Financial Modeling - Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
- PSC-1010 Introduction to Astronomy - Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective) or
- NTR-1010 Introductory Nutrition - Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective) or
- BIO-1110 Environmental Biology - Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective)
- FMT-2920 Financial Management Internship II - Credits: 2 (Program Elective) or
- ACC-1070 QuickBooks I - Credits: 1 (Program Elective) and
- ACC-1090 QuickBooks II - Credits: 1 (Program Elective)
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