BBA Finance at Texas A&M University

Programme overview

This program equips students with the theoretical and empirical tools necessary to achieve high levels of expertise in all areas of finance. The Adam C. Sinn '00 Department of Finance offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance. Finance is the study of how individuals, companies and governments allocate resources over time, under conditions of risk or uncertainty. The BBA Finance (FINC) major equips students in the core financial areas of corporate finance, investments and markets and institutions.

Faculty: Mays Business School | Department: Finance | Duration: 60 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: College Station, TX, United States

What you will study

Finance students also have access to applied finance courses including Titans of Investing, which exposes students to a broad perspective of financial markets and global developments; the Tanner Hedge Fund and Reveille Fund, which allow students to manage real money for credit; Financial Modeling, in which students build Excel-based financial models in the context of company valuations, leveraged buyout investments and mergers and acquisitions; and multiple commercial real estate analysis classes. Course list includes BUSN 101 Freshman Business Initiative 1; MATH 140 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 2; ECON 202 Principles of Economics; MATH 142 Business Calculus 4; ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting; ECON 203 Principles of Economics. The plan of study totals 60 semester credit hours.

Career pathways

BBA FINC graduates are qualified for careers including investment bankers, commercial bankers, investment fund managers, traders, corporate treasurers, comptrollers, chief financial officers, investor relations officers, risk managers, investment analysts and commercial real estate analysts.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year students can enter in Fall or Spring; transfer students can enter in Spring, Summer or Fall (Summer and Fall cannot both be applied for in the same year).

First-year, College Station: Fall applications open August 1 and close December 1 (additional required and optional documents due December 15); Spring applications close October 15. McAllen: Fall deadline March 1, Spring deadline October 15. Galveston: Fall deadline May 1, Spring deadline December 1. The non-refundable application fee is $75. Applications are made through Common App or ApplyTexas. Texas A&M is test optional: ACT or SAT scores are not required for first-year applicants.

Transfer applicants: Spring applications open August 1 and close October 15 (College Station, McAllen, Fort Worth) or December 1 (Galveston). Summer and Fall applications open January 1; the Fall deadline is March 1 (College Station, Fort Worth, McAllen) or July 1 (Galveston); the Summer deadline for Galveston is May 1.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.tamu.edu/

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