Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University 
    
2024-2025 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University

Finance, BBA


The BBA - Finance has two concentrations, including Financial Analysis and Financial Services. Introducing a third concentration, Investment Fund Management aims to provide a new avenue for students to learn investment philosophies, policies, and procedures in a real portfolio of securities. Through this concentration, students will get an opportunity to engage in experiential learning within a team-based environment under the guidance of professors and industry practitioners. Students in this new concentration in BBA - Finance will earn recognition for learning a dynamic process of investment analysis and trading process in real asset portfolios. The importance of this concentration is well-supported by faculty and the larger stakeholder community that will broaden the career prospects of our graduates in Finance.  

Curriculum


The foundation of the BBA includes 16 required core business courses, 10 major courses, 10 General Education courses, and four electives, for a total of 40 courses over four years.

Major Specific Courses


All BBA - Finance students must complete the 10 major courses in one of the following concentrations as part of their requirements.

Concentration in Financial Analysis


The concentration in Financial Analysis develops analytically oriented finance professionals who will apply their knowledge of financial theory, domestic and international financial markets, investments and advanced corporate finance, together with analytical tools, such as advanced modeling and financial data management systems, to excel in the fast-paced world of finance. This dynamic concentration prepares students for financial careers in industry, banking, asset management, investment banking, securities trading and other analytically oriented roles.

Students completing this concentration are well prepared to pursue a Chartered Financial Analyst ® (CFA) designation upon graduation. The BBA - Finance Major, Financial Analysis concentration also includes a Co-operative Education option.

The concentration in Financial Analysis consists of 10 courses, six of which are required courses and four of which are chosen from a list of options.

Concentration in Financial Services


The concentration in Financial Services is designed to provide graduates with a thorough education in both the principles and practices of financial services supplemented with a broad knowledge of the general principles of investments and the

 corporate finance function. This concentration educates financial services professionals who not only have an understanding of all financial functions and markets but are firmly oriented towards practical application, for a career in a variety of financial services roles. This dynamic, diverse and comprehensive concentration can be applied to opportunities in banking, financial planning, investment management or insurance careers.

After completion of all courses, students are prepared to write the examinations leading to the Certified Financial Planner ® (CFP) designation. The BBA - Finance Major, Financial Services concentration also includes a Co-operative Education option.

The concentration in Financial Services consists of 10 courses, eight of which are required courses and two of which are chosen from a list of options.

Concentration in Investment Fund Management


The concentration in Investment Fund Management (IFM) will prepare graduates to develop investment philosophies, policies, and procedures in a real portfolio of securities. Students will work in a team-based environment, under the guidance of a professor, to analyze, select, monitor, and evaluate investments in the fund. The IFM concentration provides an opportunity for students to apply the knowledge of financial theories gained in coursework. The IFM concentration rests on a foundation of experiential learning and rich connections with finance practitioners in Calgary and beyond. Students who successfully complete this concentration will be well-positioned for careers in investment banking, asset management, securities trading, hedge fund management, and other transaction-focused investment careers.

The concentration in Investment Fund Management consists of 10 courses, seven of which are required courses and three of which are chosen from a list of options.

Electives


Students must complete four elective courses.

General Education Requirements


Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

  1. Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters.
  2. Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy cluster.
  3. Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.