BSBA in Finance
Trine University, United States
First Year Course Fee
USD 47,649
Course Accredited By
THLC
Call the shots with a finance degree!
Be the decision maker at the heart of business with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance from Trine University.
The degree: Preparing you for big decisions
The Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance at Trine University focuses on developing future business leaders, offering two specialized tracks, corporate finance and wealth management.
The corporate finance track will enable you to understand the financial processes that drive a business' ability to grow and expand. Take advantage of specialized advanced financial management and financial modeling courses.
Our wealth management track provides you with hands-on experience in portfolio management using same software as real-world portfolio managers. Practical experience is enhanced by participation in trading challenge competitions, as well as first-hand experience managing a real investment portfolio. This experiential learning is combined with courses designed to equip you with specialized knowledge and skills in investment and portfolio management, risk and insurance, as well as personal selling.
The experience: Real-world finance experience
Our accredited program focuses on real-world learning, an internship in the industry and teaching by experts in finance. Courses will enable you to understand the financial processes that drive a business' ability to grow and expand.
The result: Alumni in key roles across the nation
Our graduates work in large and small banks and financial institutions across the nation, as well as the nation's leading businesses. Other potential career options are in real estate, insurance and money management.
Finance alumni work at companies including:
- Ambassador Enterprises
- Ash Brokerage
- Edward Jones
- Farm Bureau Insurance
- Fiat/Chrysler
- Marathon Petroleum
- MedPro Group
- New York Life
- Northwestern Mutual
- Owens Corning
- Raymond James Financial Services
- Wells Fargo
- Zimmer Biomet
Enrollment Cycles
- August 2023
- January 2024
- May 2024
Admission requirements for transfer students:
- Transfer students applying to the Allen School of Engineering and Computing must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of “C” or better in Calculus I, Chemistry I, and College Composition.
- Transfer students applying to the Franks School of Education must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.
- Transfer students applying to the Rinker Ross School of Health Sciences must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.
- Transfer students applying to the Ketner School of Business and the Jannen School of Arts and Sciences must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.
High School Transcripts:
- Request your high school to send a copy of your current transcript to Trine.
- Transcripts can be submitted via mail, fax, Parchment, screenshot, and e-mail.
- Trine University is Test Optional for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years. "Test-optional" means that standardized tests are not required from high school students when they are considered for admission to Trine University. Of course, students can still choose to submit their test scores, however, those scores will be considered to be only part of the student’s overall academic record.
- High school students can take the American College Test (ACT) and/or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and request that scores be sent to Trine.
- The University's code numbers are 1250 for the ACT and 1811 for the SAT.
- Test scores can be submitted via mail, fax, Parchment, screenshot, or e-mail and may be sent FREE from College Board to your counselor at any time.
Total Credit Hours - 120
General Education Requirements - 42 credit hours
• ENG 143 College Composition
or ENG 133 Technical Communications
• HUM 203 Humanities Seminar
• SP 203 Effective Speaking
• ECO 213 Microeconomics and ECO 223 Macroeconomics
or ECO 203 Survey of Economics and Social Science Elective
• Humanities Elective - 6 credit hours
• MA 113 College Algebra
• MA 173 Essential Calculus
• Science Elective
• MA 253 Statistics
• PSY 113 Psychology
• BA 213 Advanced Spreadsheets for Business
• General Education Elective
Business Core & Program - 35 or 36 credit hours
• BA 102 University Experience - Business
or UE 101 University Experience
• BA 123 Business Concepts
• BA 201 Professional Development and Strategies
• AC 203 Accounting I
• AC 213 Accounting II
• BA 343 International Business
• BA 3113 Business Internship*
• FIN 303 Managerial Finance
• LAW 203 Business Law I
• MGT 353 Designing Operations
• MGT 363 Organizational Behavior
• MGT 453 Strategic Management
• MK 203 Marketing
Finance Concentration - 15 credit hours
• AC 423 Personal Income Tax
• FIN 323 Money and Banking
• FIN 403 Investments
• FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance
• FIN 473 Financial Modelling
Corporate Finance Track - 15 credit hours
• AC 303 Cost Accounting
• FIN 343 International Finance
Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 9 credit hours
-OR-
Wealth Management Track - 15 credit hours
• FIN 423 Portfolio & Wealth Planning FIN 383 Risk & Insurance
• MK 423 Personal Selling
Elective 300 level or above (including Graduate courses) AC or FIN - 6 credit hours
• Free Electives - 12 credit hours