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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

The Department of Finance offers a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Construction Management. A major in finance gives students the opportunity to learn the basic financial theories and applications needed in managerial financial decision making. Specializations in finance include corporate finance, investments, banking, insurance, real estate, and financial institutions and markets. The degree in construction management is offered by the department with support from the architecture program. This major is designed for students interested in managing businesses associated with real estate and the planning, financing, development, and construction of building projects. The department also offers a minor in finance that is available only to students pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree.

DEPARTMENT HONORS

The Department of Finance offers the opportunity for certain of its outstanding students to achieve the designation of Honors in Major and provides the opportunity for advanced study under close faculty supervision.

Selection for honors designation is based on the student’s academic performance and recommendation by the Department Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC) in consultation with the faculty of the student’s major discipline. To be eligible for the designation, students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 at UTSA and a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in their major at UTSA. To enroll in honors thesis courses and to graduate with the honors designation, these minimum grade point averages must be maintained. Students applying for Honors in Major are expected to enroll in the appropriate honors thesis course during their final two semesters. The completed thesis must be approved by the supervising faculty sponsor from the student’s discipline and the UPC. Students interested in this program should contact the Department of Finance office for additional information. Department honors can be attained independent of, or in addition to, University Honors.

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