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2017-2018 USC Lancaster Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Apr 07, 2025
 
2017-2018 USC Lancaster Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Finance, B.S.B.A.

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Overview

The business administration curriculum allows sufficient flexibility for adaptation to a student’s particular interestsand goals. A minimum of 122 hours is required for the B.S. degree in all majors except accounting, which requires 125 hours, and international business, which requires a minimum of 128 hours. They are divided between courses in business administration and general education courses in English, history, foreign languages, natural and behavioral sciences, and other disciplines. All business administration students are required to earn 40 hours in a common core sequence of business subjects. The major field for all majors except accounting and international business* requires 12 - 21 hours beyond the common core. If a major requires only 12 hours, then a minimum of 6 additional hours of advisor - approved course work in business/economics must be completed. A minimum of 18 credit hours in additional directed general education and/or business courses is required.
 
The school has developed options designed to complement core and major requirements. Information and assistance in the development and selection of options are available through the advising facilities of the school.
 
*The accounting major requires 24 hours. International business requires a second major in business. International
business majors range from 27 to 36 hours, depending on the double major selected

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will understand fundamental financial concepts related to the time value of money and risk-expected return tradeoffs.  
  • Students will have basic knowledge of the institutional context in which financial decisions and transactions take place.  
  • Students will be able to conduct a capital budgeting analysis, including calculating expected cash flows, cost of capital, and net present value. 
  • Students will be able to assess the risk-expected return tradeoffs when constructing a portfolio and apply metrics to assess portfolio performance.  
  • Students will be able to evaluate a company’s prospects and risks.  
  • Students will be able to infer the impact of business decisions on firm performance.  

Degree Requirements (122 Hours)

Major Requirements (61 Hours)

See Darla Moore School of Business  for entrance requirements, progression requirements, and other regulations.

  1. General Education Requirements (40-44 Hours)
  2. Business Core (40 Hours)
  3. Communication (Included in General Education Requirements)
  4. Finance (15-18 Hours)
  5. Optional Business Analytics Concentration (12 Hours)*
  6. Internationalization Requirement (9 Hours)
  7. Minor or Directed Course Work (minimum of 18 Hours)

1. Carolina Core Plus General Education Requirements

CMW: Carolina Core Effective, Engaged and Persuasive Communication: Writing (6 Hours)

ARP: Carolina Core Analytical Reasoning and Problem-Solving (6-8 Hours)

SCI: Carolina Core Scientific Literacy

  • Two approved Carolina Core Scientific Literacy courses including one laboratory course

GFL: Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language (0-8 hours)

  • Students shall demonstrate in one Foreign Language the ability to comprehend the topic and the main ideas in written and, with the exception of Latin and Ancient Greek, spoken texts on familiar subjects. This ability can be demonstrated by achieving a score of two or better on a USC foreign language test. Those failing to do so much satisfactorily complete equivalent study of foreign language at USC.

GHS: Carolina Core Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking

  • Any approved Carolina Core History course

GSS: Carolina Core Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences (3 Hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Social Science course

AIU: Carolina Core Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding (3 Hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding course

CMS: Carolina Core Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Speech (3 hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Speech course

INF: Carolina Core Information Literacy (0-3 Hours)

  • This requirement may be met in an overlay course that combines learning outcomes from two Carolina Core components

VSR: Carolina Core Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility (3 hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility course. This requirement may be met in an overlay course that combines learning outcomes from two Carolina Core components.

Other Required General Education Courses for the Darla Moore School of Business (3-10 Hours)

The business school requires a minimum of 122 hours to graduate. If a student exempts the foreign language requirement or fulfills Carolina Core requirements with overlay courses, those credit hours must be replaced with elective credits (minimum of 6 credits). A third elective is required to reach graduation hours, and students are strongly encouraged to take a business section of UNIV 101 to fulfill this elective (3 credits).

Other Required General Education Courses (con’t)

Those credit hours must be replaced with elective credits (minimum of 6 credits). A third elective is required to reach graduation hours, and students are strongly encouraged to take a business section of UNIV 101 to fulfill this elective (3 credits).

2. Business Core (40 Hours)

3. Communication (Included in General Education Requirements)

4. Finance (15 Hours)

Required Courses (9 Hours):

    Two of the following courses (6 Hours):

    5. Optional Business Analytics Concentration (12 Hours)*

    Finance:

    Required Course (3 Hours): MGSC 394 - Data Analytics for Business  

    Choose 9 Hours from the list below:

    ACCT 404 - Accounting Information Systems I  

    ECON 436 - Introductory Econometrics  

    FINA 444 - Corporate Risk Management  

    FINA 469 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management  **

    FINA 472 - Student-Managed Investments  

    MGMT 425 - HR Analytics  

    MGSC 390 - Business Information Systems  

    MGSC 486 - Service Operations Management  

    MKTG 352 - Principles of Marketing Research  

     

    * Please consult with your Academic Advisor or department on courses recommended for individual majors. The analytics concentration must be taken in conjunction with another track in your major. The department may add additional electives to the Data Analytics Concentration subject to the approval of the Data Analytics Committee.

    ** Designated sections only.

    6. Internationalization Requirement (9 Hours)

    The program also requires 9 hours of course work with international content that may be used to fulfill other degree requirements. Three hours must be taken from an approved list of courses offered by the Moore School of Business which contain international business or international economics content. The following course options can also be used to satisfy the 3 credit hours of this requirement: approved course work containing international business or international economics content, taken at a semester abroad program; an approved Maymester or summer overseas course containing international business or international economics content; an approved internship course in international business wherein a student would obtain discipline-related work experience in a foreign country; or an approved service-learning component. Students may choose from one of the following options to complete the remaining 6-hour requirement:

    Language:

    • Two language courses at the 200 level or above

    or

    Electives:

    • Two approved courses with international content taken either inside or outside the Moore School of Business from a list available in the undergraduate office.

    7. Minor or Directed Course Work (minimum of 18 Hours)

    Directed course work may be selected from a University-wide list of approved minors. The minor is normally a minimum of 18 hours of prescribed courses in one subject area. Students not selecting such a minor may submit an alternative program of study to satisfy the approved course work requirement. The proposed alternative program of study must be approved by the Undergraduate Program Executive Committee in  coordination with the Undergraduate Division. All minor courses or courses approved as alternatives must be passed with a grade of C or better.

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