Finance
Do you want to maximize wealth for a company or personal investor? Then finance is the major for you.
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A finance career focuses on adding value utilizing proper consideration of the risk-return relationship, integrating financial skills with concepts from economics and accounting to make wealth-enhancing decisions. Investment specialists evaluate and select securities, manage investment portfolios and raise capital to finance business, government and private needs. Financial officers manage investments, oversee forecasting and budgeting, raise and allocate funds, perform cost analysis and formulate financial and credit operating policies.
We offer finance as a BBA and a minor.
Programs Offered
Sample Courses
- Investments
- Money and Banking
- Financial Management
- Financial Modeling
- International Finance
Special Admission Requirements
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Our Faculty
Our professors are foremost experts on capital markets and financial instruments. They’ll engage you in meaningful dialogue, critical thinking and ethical decision making. Our students consistently rank them highly for mentorship, academic experience and teaching quality. Their financial research and insights are featured in prestigious publications and media outlets.
What Sets Us Apart
Educational Investment Fund - Work with fellow undergrads and MBAs to manage a $1M portfolio of stocks and bonds. That’s right: Students make every decision. You’ll execute trades, make proposals and learn diversification. In short, you’ll experience the real risks and rewards that professionals face every day.
LKCM Center for Financial Studies - Enhance your degree with influential partnerships, networking, internships and opportunities. Rub elbows with the best investment minds in the country at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú’s annual Investment Strategies Conference.
Transaction and Investment Professionals Board – Prominent °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú alumni work with you to get you in front of the right people. They’ll edit your résumé, help you with interview skills and introduce you to top firms across the country.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú provides CFA exam prep so you can obtain the ultimate credential in the financial world.
Career Prospects
Careers in finance include portfolio management, investment brokerage, investment banking, commercial banking, corporate finance, real estate and insurance. Many °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú finance alumni are investment bankers on Wall Street and portfolio managers with national and regional investment management companies.