Comments about Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance - At the institution - Sherbrooke - Québec
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Objectives
The curriculum is designed to provide students with broad exposure to all dimensions of finance. Students will learn professional skills and acquire technical and analytical competence to pursue challenging careers in corporate finance, banking, portfolio management, securities research and financial planning.
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Practical experience
In addition to a thorough understanding of the principles of financial management, students will be exposed to both theoretical and practical aspects of investment management, capital budgeting, capital formation, and risk hedging. Opportunities to explore current topics and apply practical solutions to current theory are also provided. Students, by following a prescribed set of courses, are qualified to write the first level C.F.A. (Chartered Financial Analyst) exam immediately upon graduation. As well, students in their final year can compete for positions as portfolio managers managing the SEED Portfolio.
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Academic title
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
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Course description
Required Business Core Courses:
ECO102 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECO103 Introduction to Macroeconomics
BMA140 Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions I
BMA141 Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions II
BAC121 Purposes of Accounting
BAC221 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BFN201 Finance I
BFN203 Finance II
BHR221 Organizational Behaviour
BMG112 Introduction to Management Theory and Practice
ILT100 Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Lab (1 credit lab)
BMG215* Introduction to International Business
BMG311 Business Policy
BMK112 Consumer Behaviour and Introduction to Marketing
BMK211 Marketing Management
BMS231 Operations Management
Note: All required Business core courses are normally offered in each semester (Fall and Winter).
Finance Concentration Stream Courses:
9 courses, 27 credits
Required Courses: 6 courses, (18 credits)
BAC122 Financial Accounting
ECO212 Intermediate Macroeconomics I
BFN210 Capital Markets
BFN352 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
BFN360 International Finance
BFN301 Capital Budgeting
OR
BFN354 Seminar in Finance
Plus any 2 of:
BFN301 Capital Budgeting
BFN304 Strategic Financial Management
BFN315 Financial Derivatives
BFN335 Topics in Finance
BFN351 Financial Statement Analysis
BFN354 Seminar in Finance
BFN356 SEED Portfolio (6 credits)
BFN370 Intermediate Finance
BMS303 Forecasting Techniques
EMA261 Econometrics I
EMA361 Econometrics II
Plus: 1 course which may be in this stream, in Business or outside of Business
