Bachelor of Business Administration [B.B.A] [Financial Services] From University of North Texas

With a B.B.A. degree, you may find employment as a(n):

• Broker or agent providing risk management counseling and market placement services

• Employee benefits consultant advising Fortune 500 corporations on risk management strategies

• Personal financial planner helping individuals, families and small businesses achieve their financial goals

• Risk analyst consulting for a business, nonprofit or government agency

• Risk manager providing enterprise risk management solutions for businesses

• Underwriter or risk control professional for an insurance carrier

The rigorous curriculum gives you an in-depth understanding of areas related to risk management, insurance and financial services. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll have a competitive advantage over other new hires and be on the fast track into an upper-level position.

Faculty members in the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law are experienced professionals and dedicated teachers who exercise a “learn today, apply tomorrow” classroom philosophy. An on-site Trading Room facilitates financial education and research through experiential learning. Users have access to the Bloomberg Professional software and stock tickers to view real market data.

Your class schedule for the first few semesters will consist of university core classes and required pre-business classes. From there, you'll take 24 semester hours of business foundation courses and 30 semester hours of risk, insurance and financial services courses and supporting courses.

The course work will focus on areas such as:

• Estate planning
• Life insurance
• Principles of risk management
• Property and liability insurance
• The financial effects of risk on businesses and nonprofit organizations