Finance

Overview

Degree Requirements

Career Opportunities

Scholarships & Aid

Overview

UM’s Finance program can provide the knowledge you need to keep your business venture (or anyone else’s) in the black. Our curriculum puts a strong emphasis on the principles of business finance, financial statement analysis, financial markets and institutions, investments, derivatives in risk management, and sound financial decision-making. Our security trading training provides students with hands on practice in real world trading.

"UM’s finance classes were practical and engaging, and I graduated feeling confident to be successful in my career as a trader."
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Degree/Course Requirements

General Education Core (53 Credit Hours)

Develop the essential skills every data-informed leader needs: critical thinking, written and oral communication, scientific reasoning, global awareness, and artistic expression.

Program Core (33 Credit Hours)

Build a solid foundation in business principles and management practices to support decision-making through data. Courses include:

GB 101 – Survey of Business
AC 221 – Principles of Accounting I
AC 222 – Principles of Accounting II
BL 283 – Legal Environment of Business
FI 372 – Business Finance
MG 305 – Business Professional Development
MG 361 – Principles of Management and Organizational Theory
MG 469 – Business Policy
MK 351 – Principles of Marketing
QM 237 – Data Analytics in Business I
QM 238 – Data Analytics in Business II
QM 363 – Operations Management

Major Requirement (18 Credit Hours)

Our Finance programs prepare students with a strong foundation in financial analysis, markets, and decision-making skills needed for careers in banking, corporate finance, investments, and related fields. Courses include:

Required Courses
FI 401 – Money and Banking
FI 472 – Advanced Business Finance
FI 473 – Investments

Choose 9 hours from the following:
FI 415 – Financial Services Seminar
FI 420 – Futures & Options
FI 421 – FinTech
FI 474 – Financial Planning
FI 475 – Special Topics
GB 476 – Applied Research in Business

Program's Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Customize your degree by exploring areas of personal interest or deepening your expertise in related fields such as Marketing, Finance, Accounting, or Management.

Choose 9 hours from the following:
AC 305 Accounting Analytics
FI 380 Sport Finance
FI 420 Futures or Options
FI 401 Money and Banking
GB 353 Sport Analytics
GB 465 Customer Relationship Mgmt & Sales Technology
MG 308 Business & Society
MG 385 Employment Law
MG 381 Sport and Event Mgmt
MG 462 Human Resource Mgmt
MG 466 Entrepreneurial Leadership
MG 467 Organizational Behavior
MK 355 Consumer Behavior
MK 356 Sport Marketing
MK 451 Digital Marketing
MK 452 Strategic Marketing Mgmt
MK 453 Marketing Research
MK 454 Services & Professional Selling
MK 456 Web Analytics & Marketing

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Career Opportunities

Career-Ready Graduates

Graduates of the BBA in Finance program will be equipped to:

Analyze financial data to support informed business and investment decisions
Understand financial markets, institutions, and instruments
Apply core principles of corporate finance, investments, and risk management
Communicate financial insights clearly in professional business settings

Scholarships & Aid

Student Aid

The University of Montevallo Student Aid Office is here to assist UM students and families with the financial aid process. We invite you to review the information provided on our webpages and contact us with questions and for assistance.

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Scholarships

Take advantage of the University of Montevallo’s wide range of scholarships — from merit- and need-based awards to leadership, community service, transfer, and major-specific opportunities — to help make your education more affordable and rewarding.

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