Learn how to think critically about our current market trends, challenge mainstream views and find opportunities where others see risk. By combining business, accounting, technology, and statistics through real-world case studies, the finance degree arms you with skills to pursue a career in corporate finance, asset management, investment banking, or financial planning.
From Wall Street to the kitchen table, companies and individuals manage assets in a fast-paced economy, where risks and opportunities thrive. Ole Miss finance students learn to build corporate balance sheets and investment portfolios that weather market downturns and shine during expansions.
Finance majors spend time in class addressing real-world problems. Students learn about daily issues faced by corporate and investment professionals and will work with them using case studies and real-world data.
B.B.A. in Finance
Finance
120 Years
Major
4 Years
Here are some of the courses you will take to earn your Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.
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3 credits
Principles of business finance with emphasis on financial analysis, investment decisions, cost of capital, and procurement of funds. Students may take either FINA 3000 or GBUS 3300, but not both for credit toward a degree.
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3 credits
A comprehensive study of the coordination of organizational resources for the purpose of achieving organizational goals. Student's conceptual competencies will be enhanced by understanding the managerial processes of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling organizational activities. Examines the manager's planning responsibilities and develops a more accurate perception of what is required in the manager's role as an integrator of the organization's functional areas (i.e., finance, marketing, operations, research and development, international operations, management information systems, etc.). Provides an introduction into how management theories are applied to actual management practices in organizations. Students may take either MGMT 3000 or GBUS 3700, but not both for credit toward a degree.
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3 credits
Survey of securities and securities markets; risk and yield; valuation; forecasting; and portfolio management. Not available for credit as a Finance Major Elective course.
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3 credits
Problems and cases in financial decision making with attention given to acquisition and management of assets, cost of capital, and procurement of funds.
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3 credits
Theory and advanced principles of finance with emphasis on the use of modern techniques in making business decisions.
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3 credits
Offers a survey of the market for derivative financial instruments, i.e., the market for futures, options, and swaps. Provides a balanced mix of institutional, theoretical, and applied knowledge about how these instruments are designed, priced, and used in practice.
Our finance curriculum combines business, accounting, technology, and statistics through real-world case studies, which will provide you the skills to pursue a career in corporate finance, asset management, investment banking, or financial planning.
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