Banking and Finance (BBA)
Description
Curricula of the School of Business Administration are designed both for those who plan to operate their own businesses and for those who plan to occupy responsible positions in business organizations. Work in money and banking, business finance, and investments acquaints the student with the role and function of financial institutions and transactions in the economic system and provides the student with adequate undergraduate training for private or public employment.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| College Algebra (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Basic Mathematics for Science & Eng (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Business Mathematics (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Calculus for Business, Econ., & Accy. I (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Calculus of Decision Making I (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| Select six-eight hours of natural science courses with labs from the following: | 6-8 | |
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
Physics | ||
Astronomy | ||
Biochemistry | ||
Geological Engineering | ||
| Select six hours of Fine Arts from the following: 1,2 | 3 | |
any Art History | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Microeconomics 3 | 3 |
| ECON 2030 | Principles of Macroeconomics 3 | 3 |
| Select six hours of Humanities courses | 6 | |
Any classical civilization (CLSC) | ||
History (HIST) | ||
Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
Religion (RELG) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| African American Experience I | ||
| African American Experience II | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
Engl 2220-2226 | ||
Southern studies at the 1000 level only (S St) | ||
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Total Hours | 33-35 | |
- 1
Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
- 2
Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 3000- or 4000-level art history course.
- 3
ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics must be completed with a grade of C or better to move on to ECON 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics.
Program Core
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCY 2010 | Introduction to Accounting Principles I | 3 |
| ACCY 2020 | Introduction to Accounting Principles II | 3 |
| BUSN 2910 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUSN 2300 | Economic Statistics I (Minimum grade of C required) | 3 |
| OR | ||
| Economic Statistics I (Minimum grade of C required) | ||
| BUSN 2920 | Business Communication | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BUSN 3020 | Business Statistics II | 3 |
| or ECON 3020 | Economic Statistics II | |
| FINA 3000 | Business Finance I | 3 |
| MGMT 3000 | Principles of Management (Minimum grade of C required) | 3 |
| MGMT 4930 | Management of Strategic Planning | 3 |
| BAIS 3000 | Business Analytics & Info Systems | 3 |
| MKTG 3000 | Marketing Principles | 3 |
| MKTG 3072 | Intro. to Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt | 3 |
| MKTG 3054 | Professional Selling & Relationship Mktg (as business elective) | 3 |
| Select an additional three hours of business electives at the 3000 level or higher. | 3 | |
Courses can be chosen from the following departments: Business, Accounting, Marketing, Management, BAIS, Finance, or Economics. | ||
| Select three hours of business/non-business electives at the 3000 level or higher | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Major Requirements II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FINA 3030 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| or FINA 3330 | Financial Markets and Institutions | |
| FINA 3340 | Investments | 3 |
| FINA 3380 | Intermediate Financial Management | 3 |
| FINA 5371 | Bank Management I | 3 |
| FINA 5372 | Bank Management II | 3 |
| Select nine credit hours of Banking and Finance restricted electives of the following: | 9 | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | ||
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | ||
| Risk Management and Insurance | ||
| Financial Decision Making | ||
| Real Estate Finance and Investment | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| International Financial Management | ||
| Business Finance Topics | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Futures, Options, and Swaps | ||
| Security Analysis and Portfolio Mgmt | ||
| Managing Financial Institutions | ||
| With department chair approval, a maximum of 3 credit hours of FINA 3997A may be used for major field elective credit. | ||
| Total Hours | 24 | |
Other Academic Requirements
See School of Business Administration Academic Requirements for rules on when business students may enroll in specialty major coursework. No student may enroll for more than 18 semester hours unless approved by the Dean’s Office