Finance Online
BS

Online Undergraduate

Earn your degree online from UMassD

Money, time, and risk: these are the fundamentals of finance. Finance is the study of funds management, and how money is spent and budgeted. Financial decisions determine the economic viability of any enterprise, whether a corporation, multinational company, limited partnership, private company, or nonprofit organization.

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Your professors—leading experts in their field—will introduce you to the discipline's analytical tools, which bring together concepts from economics, accounting, and mathematics.

Flexibly designed with part-time learners in mind, you'll learn to monitor and analyze trends in financial markets, develop an understanding of investments, and evaluate and plan for individual or business financial viability.

With our generous transfer policy, students with existing credits may transfer up to 90 credits from a regionally accredited institution.

Charlton's finance curriculum prepares you in the theory and the practice of modern financial management. You'll acquire professional, analytical, and managerial skills in finance, and will learn how to adapt to the changing demands of business and society.

For the BS in finance, you'll complete total 120 credit hours, consisting of University Studies courses, business foundation courses and finance courses.

Sample Course Offerings

Examples of courses offered in the BS in Finance program include (course offerings subject to change):

Business Finance
Investment Analysis
Financial Modeling
Financial Institutions
Financial Management of Corporations
Advanced Investment Analysis
International Financial Management
Intro to Financial Statement Analysis & Firm Valuation

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Career Opportunities

Finance majors prepare for careers in brokerage firms, corporations, financial institutions, investment banks, and government in positions such as:

budget analyst
financial analyst
financial manager
financial planner
mortgage officer
portfolio & mutual fund manager

As global markets expand, opportunities for finance professionals will also increase.

Transfer Applicants

Submit official transcripts from all accredited colleges or universities for which you enrolled in courses

Students coming directly from high school and/or with 0-11 college credits will be required to:

have high school transcript sent to UMass Dartmouth
have official SAT or ACT scores sent to UMass Dartmouth (only required for those applicants with a high school GPA under 3.0 and graduated from high school less than four years ago)

Students who complete high school through the GED/HiSET program will be required to:

submit a copy of the GED/HiSET certificate from the state
submit a copy of your GED/HiSET test record
submit an official high school transcript

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Customize your education and receive the help and guidance to finish as planned:

Charlton College of Business was named to The Princeton Review's 2015 edition of its "Best 295 Business Schools"
Value and affordability of a UMass education
Generous transfer policy
One-on-one personal advising from enrollment through graduation
Free online and in-person tutoring and writing center

UMass Dartmouth Online Accelerated Program - Bachelor's to Master's degree

Jump-start your master's degree by exploring UMass Dartmouth's Accelerated Program where students save time and tuition. How? Students take up to 3 graduate-level courses online while pursuing their bachelor's degree. These courses count towards their bachelor's and master's programs.

Accelerated Programs:

MBA
MS in Accounting
MS in Healthcare Management
MS in Technology Management

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Learning style: online

Online courses are taught by UMass Dartmouth faculty to provide high quality instruction and personal attention. Students have the flexibility to accommodate work and home responsibilities within the structure of defined assignment due dates. The majority of our online courses are taught asynchronously.

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