Finance Program

Mission

Every enterprise decision produces financial effects. This fact forms the core vision of the finance major, dedicated to examining analysis methods, financial instruments, institutions, and theories. The student of finance prepares himself or herself by development of a set of applied methods for examining and evaluating investment projects, financing projects, and owner preferences for handling earnings. Students pursue an integrated degree with courses in business, law, economics, statistics, ethics, and strategy. The liberal arts core helps to produce a well-rounded professional, ready to navigate the dynamic global marketplace.

Within the area of Finance, courses provide a knowledge of Business, national, and international finance, which are essential to the operation of our modern dynamic economic system. Courses in this area cover the scope and methodology of financial instruments and institutions.

Aims

Within the area of finance, courses provide knowledge of business, national, and international finance, which is essential to the operation of our modern, dynamic economic system. Courses in this area cover the scope and methodology of financial instruments and institutions. In addition to the required courses, students may take elective courses in a wide variety of areas including the humanities and physical and social sciences in order to provide a sound liberal arts foundation.

Assessment Learning Goals

The faculty of the department of business shall achieve all department goals in a manner that will promote the teachings of the Catholic Church and comports with the University mission:

To provide an understanding of the influence and impact of government policy changes to economic variables and the interpretation of economic indicators.
To provide an understanding of basic accounting principles that will enable students to interpret basic financial statements.
To develop critical thinking skills that will enable students to contribute to organizational success.

Specific program goals (All will include the general department goals): The student should be able to understand:

The role of financial markets and institutions in the economic system
How to apply tools and techniques for financia

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Beyond the Classroom

Christian Students in Free Enterprise

The student business club aims at developing the Christian life in the world of business. The organization will carry out its mission—the promotion of the free enterprise system alongside Christian moral principles—through Project Bootstraps and other collaborations designed to help local businesses succeed, and with fundraising effort the AIM Pregnancy Center, the Urban Mission, and Just $1 for Africa Campaign.

Business Advisory Board

The Business Advisory Board helps Franciscan University better provide students with the professional competence they need to succeed in the contemporary business world, bringing with them fresh ideas illuminated by Catholic social thought and the Franciscan value of transformational leadership.

Franciscan University’s Study Abroad Program

Grow, develop, and be formed into a more mature student by spending a semester in Franciscan’s Austrian program. You’ll expand your major in unbelievable ways by traveling to places such as Rome and the holy sites of Christendom, and through courses taught at a 14th-century monastery that also serves as your home.

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Accreditation

The Department of Accounting, Business Administration and Economics at Franciscan University of Steubenville has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs click here.

IACBE Public Disclosure

View our IACBE Public Disclosure of Student Achievement Form Summary Results 2017 – 18